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Zelhar:
You seem to have acquired a large vocabulary and you know the major rules of grammar. I think you can simply read and listen to Hebrew  sources whenever you have time.

--- Quote from: Southern Noachide on February 03, 2019, 09:47:01 PM ---Thank you, Zelhar.

It was so easy for me to learn Biblical Hebrew, but as for Israeli Hebrew classes, materials, workbooks...nothing has worked so far.

I sometimes wonder if there is some "block" in the way that, should I ever get through it, would make it much easier to learn.  Of course, going into the lowest classes where they were just beginning to study some of the stuff I already knew made me impatient and frustrated.

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Southern Noachide:

--- Quote from: Zelhar on February 04, 2019, 03:56:58 AM ---You seem to have acquired a large vocabulary and you know the major rules of grammar. I think you can simply read and listen to Hebrew  sources whenever you have time.

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::Sigh::  Most of my vocabulary comes from years of Biblical Hebrew, the rest from years of trying to learn modern Hebrew.  But I don't seem to be getting anywhere.  No matter how many words I learn, it's never enough.  There will always be another subject on which I know absolutely no words at all.

Also, while reading the Bible is a snap, Modern Hebrew is extremely difficult.  First, the vocabulary is limitless and I'm always going to see words I don't know how to translate.  Second,  they are unpointed.  And third, they are different from the Biblical letters I'm used to, which are too holy to use for everyday purposes.  Once again I'm becoming very discouraged.  I've been using online flash cards and once again they're unpointed, and they're either Biblical words I already know or something so different I can't believe it's Hebrew.

I will try to keep listening and studying, but right now it looks like my lifelong dream of learning another (spoken) language will never come true.

PS:  When it comes to actually listening to modern Hebrew, they speak so fast that I don't understand the words, even if they're words that I already know.  I believe that even if I were fluent in speaking Hebrew I still would not be able to understand it.

Binyamin Yisrael:
Some words you might see in modern Hebrew are not Hebrew. It could be the transliteration of an English name and you would have no way of knowing what it is without vowels unless you know what they're talking about.

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