Hebrew For Dummies
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To master Hebrew — or any language — you need to be able to ask questions. The following table lists the common question words and a few common questions that can come in useful if you’re in a Hebrew-speaking community:

Question Hebrew (pronunciation) Question Hebrew (pronunciation)
Who Mi (mee) How Eich (ech)
What Mah (mah) How much does it cost? Kamah Zeh Oleh? (kah-mah zeh oh-leh)
When Matai (mah-tye) Where are the restrooms? Eifo HaSherutim? (ay-foh hah-sheh-roo-teem)
Where Eifo (ay-foh) What's the time? Mah HaSha’ah? (mah hah-shah-ah)
Why Lamah (lah-mah) What happened? Mah Karah? (mah kah-rah)

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Jill Suzanne Jacobs is a fluent Hebrew speaker having picked up the language through study, three years of living in Israel, and multiple extended visits. She holds graduate degrees in Jewish and Israel education, and she taught in the classroom for ten years before moving into leadership roles in educational nonprofits. She is the author of the first edition of Hebrew For Dummies and mom to a second generation diaspora Hebrew speaker.

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