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First words: two and three letters

From here on every exercise is a real word. Read it the slow way first: letter, vowel, letter, vowel. Then say it as one word. Speed comes by itself, and the voice on every tile tells you whether you read it right.

The words in this step are the ones you will see most: family, yes and no, who and what, this, good, shalom. Two and three letters, the vowels you already know, no surprises: the work is putting together what you know.

This is the moment the alphabet stops being a list and becomes reading. From step 11 the words get longer.

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Step 10 of 15 · Explanation

First words: two and three letters

From here on, every exercise is a real word.

Read it the slow way first: letter, vowel, letter, vowel.

Then say it as one word.

Speed comes by itself.

Questions

How many words are in this step?
The most frequent words of everyday Hebrew, a handful at a time. They are not to be memorised but read. They come back in the following steps and in the sentences.
Do I need to understand the words or just read them?
Read them. The meaning comes up in the exercises and you absorb it by reading; the course teaches reading, not vocabulary. Vocabulary comes with the lessons.
Why start with short words?
Because a long word is just a row of short syllables. Whoever reads אָב and שָׁלוֹם well also reads מִשְׁפָּחָה, cutting it where the vowels are: you see that in step 11.

And then?

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The steps of the course

  1. Step 1 of 15Five letters to start: א ב ג ד ה
  2. Step 2 of 15Four more: ו ז ח ט
  3. Step 3 of 15Yod, Kaf, Lamed, Mem: י כ ל מ
  4. Step 4 of 15Nun, Samekh, Ayin, Pe: נ ס ע פ
  5. Step 5 of 15The last five: צ ק ר ש ת
  6. Step 6 of 15Letters that look alike
  7. Step 7 of 15The vowel points: A and E
  8. Step 8 of 15I, O and U, and the three faces of Vav
  9. Step 9 of 15Shva, dagesh, and the ends of words
  10. Step 10 of 15First words: two and three letters
  11. Step 11 of 15Longer words
  12. Step 12 of 15Words that look alike
  13. Step 13 of 15Two words together
  14. Step 14 of 15Short sentences
  15. Step 15 of 15Reading lines