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Brandeis Modern Hebrew

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ISBN-10: 1584654597

ISBN-13: 9781584654599

Edition: 2005

Authors: Vardit Ringvald, Bonit Porath, Yaron Peleg, Esther Shorr, Sara Hascal

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Written by the core faculty of the Hebrew Program at Brandeis University, Brandies Modern is an accessible introduction to the Hebrew language for American undergraduates and high school students. Its functional and contexual elements are designed to bring students from the beginner level to the intermediate level, and to familiarize them with those linguistic aspects that will prepare them to function in advanced stages. This volume reflects some of the main principle that have shaped the Brandies Hebrew curriculum during the past decade. The text in this edition comprises a short introduction to the instructor, 11 units, supplementary Hebrew profieciency guidelines, and a vacabulary list.…    
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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication date: 7/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.300

Index
Goals
Shalom
My name is . . .
Pronouns (singular)
Teacher, student
I'm from . . .
From where?- To reside/live
How are you?
Further notes on the alphabet
Pronouncing the conjunctive vav
Foreign Words (cognates)
Numerical value of the Hebrew alphabet
Jewish holidays
Preparation for using a dictionary
Review and Enrichment: Dialogues
Names, places, months
Hebrew names
A new student
Map of Israel
The Hebrew alphabet
Vocabulary Unit 1
Index
Goals
This is, these are
School
Plural pronouns and nouns
Pa'al, Present tense
Subjects of study
Speak
In, in the - The Verbs: Binyanim, tenses, infinitive, verb types
Root
The radicals
Reading and writing
Pa'al, regular
present tense
Definite direct object marker
Know
In the classroom
Nouns, singular and plural
In, on
Common classroom expressions
Numbers (0-10)
Adjectives
Declension of adjectives
Which
There is, there isn't
This, these
Verbs: Pa'al
present tense
Vowel reduction
Review and Enrichment: The Fourth of July
Class reunion
Talia
Translation exercises
The Diaspora Museum
Phonebook
Song: "Aleph Bet" (N. Shemer)
Vocabulary Unit 2
Index
Goals
House
Map: Tel-Aviv
Rooms in the house
The first day in the apartment
Home furniture
After one week
Go/walk to . . .
To . . . to the . . .
The heart of the city
Go by foot /travel
Song: "Hoppa Hey" (N. Shemer)
The furniture and its story
From, from the ...
Smart and beautiful
Poem: "Potted Flower" (Bialik)
To have / have not ...
I have / I don't have
Dorms
Songs: "I Have a House and a Guitar"
"We Have a Billy Goat"
Of (mine, yours . . .)
Preposition "et"
How much does it cost?
Numbers (10-1000)
Verbs: Pa'al
present
Review and Enrichment: In the museum
Bulletin board
Apartment questionnaire
The main street
Situations
Brandeis University
Vocabulary Unit 3
Index
Goals
At the grocery store
Fruits, vegetables
Receipt
Need/must/have to
Meals
Tasty or healthy
Restaurants
"Give me"
Eating out
Snack bar kiosk
Verbs: Pa'al, regular--infinitive
Can/able to
Pa'al
infinitive
Review and Enrichment: Advertisement, soup
What's the problem?
Eating in the kibbutz
Story: "The First Day on
the Kibbutz" (Eli Amir)
Situations
Songs: "A Lady with Shopping Bags"
"The Falafel Song"
Vocabulary Unit 4
Index
Goals
Family tree
Mazal tov
a new granddaughter
Age (I am . . . years old)
How old are you?
The wandering Jew
Forsan's family
I was born in ...
Common expressions in the family
"I Was There" (Yisrael Hadari)
Pronominal possessive declension, singular
From the book of Ruth
Verbs: Pa'al, regular
past
Pa'al
past
Review and Enrichment: Wedding
To one hundred and twenty
The first Sabra
Noah
Living longer on the kibbutz
Working mothers
Eliezer ben Yehudah
Writing exercise: My family
Songs: "I was Born to Peace"
"Here"
Vocabulary Unit 5
Index
Goals
Days of the week
The calendar
The Hebrew months
Leap year
Before, After
Before, Afterwards
Poem: "And This Kid Is Me"
(Yehudah Atlas)
When
What time is it?
At what time?
Early, late
The verb "to sleep"
How much sleep?
Poem: "Don't Want to Sleep"
(Rema Samsonov)
Verbs
Paal
Past tense
The verb "to be," past tense
Review and Enrichment: Song: "Twelve Months"
(Naomi Shemer)
Calendar of holidays
Story: "The Three Bears"
Situations
Vocabulary Unit 6
Index
Goals
Weather and seasons: Summer
Summer clothes
At a shoe store
The verb "to put on shoes"
Poem: "Looking at Flowers"
(Pinhas Sadeh)
Winter
Winter clothes
Blind date
Traveling to South America
The construct form
Verbs: Pa'al, regular--future
Pa'al Regular verbs with guttural
Pa'al, regular--future
If
Time expressions, future
Pa'al
future
The verb "to be," future
Pa'al
future
Review and Enrichment: Translation
Verbs
Story: "The Green Man"
(Yehonatan Geffen)
My clothes, our clothes
Song: "Come, Wind"
Song: "The Zebra's Pajama"
(Ain Hillel)
Situations
Writing, Essay topics
Vocabulary Unit 7
Index
Goals
Traveling the world: worth it
Worth it (personal)
Allowed / Forbidden
Possible / Impossible
Vacation
Easy / Hard, difficult
The preposition "with," declension
Travel ads
Trip to Israel
Poems: Jerusalem
(Yehudah Amichai)
Bus station
Post office, mail
Definite object marker, declension
Sports
The Maccabiah Games
Verbs: Pi'el, regular--present
Pi'el, square roots--present
Speak / Tell / Say
Pi'el, regular--past
Poem: "Talk" (David Avidan)
Pi'el, regular--future
Kibbutz bulletin board
How many times
Once...
Review and Enrichment: The ecologically minded tourist
Hank Greenberg
The Touro Synagogue in R.I.
"How to Learn Torah" (Maimonides)
Vocabulary Unit 8
Index
Goals
Face
In order to...
Body parts
The fetus
Marc Chagall
The acrobat
Left-handedness
Ehud ben Gera
Health: It hurts...
I have pains in...
To suffer from...
To take care of...
In/at, declension...
To check, examine...
To take, give
Construct form, review
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Idioms and sayings
Verbs: Hif'il, regular-present
Hif'il, regular-past
Hif'il causative verbs
Hif'il regular-future
Review and Enrichment: Story: "The First Kiss"
(S.Y. Agnon)
Sin as illness
(Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik)
Medicine in Hebrew
Health questionnaire
Translation exercises
Construct form
Situation
Vocabulary Unit 9
Index
Goals
Professions: In my kibbutz
When, review
Adjectives, continuation
My family
Personal ads
Sallah Shabbati
Rashi's birth
Poem: "Bad Words" (Yona Wallach)
To have: In my moshav
3 categories of the verb "to be"
I have / I had / I will have
Kibbutz Tamuz
More than... / less than...
Similar to... / different from...
The most...
Poem: "The Prettiest Girl"
(Yehonatan Geffen)
Small city, big city
From me / than me...
Want you to...
Verbs: Hitpa'el, regular--present tense
Poem: "I'm Falling in Love Again"
(Yona Wallach)
Hitpa'el, sibilant letters
Hitpa'el, regular--past tense
Hitpa'el, regular--future tense
Review and Enrichment: Midrash: "Sisters"
Want ads
Play: "I Like Mike"
(Aharon Megged)
Movie Script: "Shulie's Guy"
(Dorit Rabinian)
Vocabulary Unit 10
Index
Goals
Scenes from the play: "The Lady of the Castle"
(Leah Goldberg)
First act (summary)
Second act
Third act
Questions about the play
Fill-in exercises
Prepositions from the play
Preposition "on," declension
Owner, possessor
Because..., therefore
Verbs from the play
Literary devices
Expressions from the play
Creative writing
Activity: Zabrotzky's trial
Poem: "Anna and I," three versions
(Amnon Shamosh)
Verbs: Pa'al
future tense
Imperative
Review and Enrichment: Story: "Cold Spring"
(Aharon Appelfeld)
Vocabulary Unit 11
Glossary
Verb Tables