Lesson Four

Consonants
 The "lamed" is pronounced "l" as in long. When the lamed is prefixed to a word it means "to" or "for".
 The "vav" is pronounced "v" as in visit. When the vav is prefixed to a word it means "and".
Vowels
 When this vowel is placed under the first letter of a word it is pronounced as a soft "e" as in help. When it appears in the middle of a word it is used as a syllable break and is not pronounced.
 This vowel is pronounced "e" as in elephant.
Notes
When one of the "a" vowels are followed by the consonant "yud", the pronunciation is "ah-y", which, when said quickly sounds like "i" as in bike.
In some languages, such as Spanish, nouns are masculine, feminine or nueter . Hebrew is much the same, all nouns are either masculine or feminine (there is no nueter).
The "yud-mem" combination is the masculine plural ending, similar to the the "s" ending for English plural nouns.
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