Basic Hebrew vocabulary lessons here, just simple words. Start learning some conversational Hebrew and used them around the house if that will help.
Father is aba or alh. My kids call me aba. Mother is ima. Grandfather in Hebrew is saba. I call mine Zayde which is Yiddish. Grandmother is safta. I called mine bubbee which is Yiddish. Uncle is dowd. Aunt is dodah and brother is ach. Sister is achot. Boy is a yeled. Girl is a yalda. Family is mispokhe or the Jews is saying in slang misphakah.
Your house is a beit. Synagogue is a beit knesset which means house of assembly. A lot of people called it shul. It is actually a Germanic word for school. Store is a hanut. Car is a mechonit. School is a beit sefer. Teacher is a morah for women merah for men.
A restaurant is a mis’ada.
The word shalom is hello, goodbye and peace. How are you is ma shlomek for girl and ma shlomcha for boys. How’s your peace in other words. What is your name masheemcha for boy or masheemek for a girl. Ha Kol be seder, is everything okay? Some people would say how are you they will say Baruk Hashem, blessed be God.
Good morning is boker tov, not broken toes as we said in camp but boker tov. Good evening is erev tov. Tov is good. Laila tov is good night. Bevakasha is please. Todah is thank you. Be emet is it true or really? Emes is true and by the way that is the beginning, middle and last letter of the alphabet. Ma hashaah, what time is it? Too bad, haval or in Yiddish they say oyvey. In someone say how are you? You want to say so and so kahakah. Excuse me, slachi like slickho would be service where we say I am sorry to God, slacha, I am sorry.
To go right is yaminah, smol is left. Up is ramarah. Damatrah is down. Sheket is quiet. See again is le’hitra’ot. It is reflective form of rahah. Ken is yes. No is lo. So those are some basic Hebrew vocabulary words.
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