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נ The "nun" is pronounced "n" as in no.

ן The "final nun" is the form of the letter used when at the end of a word. The pronunciation does not change.

ה The "hey" is pronounced "h" as in hello. Usually, a word ending with the letter "hey" is a feminine word. This letter is also used as a prefix to words meaning "the" (the definite article).

1. The English verb "to be" and its various tenses such as "am", "is" and "are" do not exist in Hebrew and need to be added in the translation.

2. English has two indefinite articles, "a" and "an" which also do not exist in Hebrew and must be added in the translation.

3. The vocabulary word below "ba'ah" is the feminine form of the masculine verb "ba'" (came) which was introduced in lesson 1.

4. The final syllable of most Hebrew words is accented by pronouncing the final Consonant-Vowel-Consonant as a syllable. For instance, the word for "I", in the vocabulary list below, is pronounced "a-niy" rather than an-iy.

הָ הִ הֵ נָ נֵ נֵי בֵּן בָּה הַב	.1
הַן הֵן נָה נִה נֵה נָב מָה מִן	.2
הִי נָא נֵי הִיא נִיא נָבָה בָּנָה	.3

I	אָנִי	.1
Where	אֵי	.2
Son	בֵּן	.3
She	הִיא	.4
Prophet (Masc. Noun)	נָבִיא	.5
Came (Fem. Verb)	בָּאָה	.6
What	מַה or מָה	.7
The	הַ or הָ	.8

Where is my father?	אֵי אָבִי	.1
I am a father.	אָנִי אָב	.2
Who is she?	מִי הִיא	.3
The prophet came.	הָנָבִיא בָּא	.4
What is a prophet?	מָה נָבִיא	.5
My son came.	בֵּנִי בָּא	.6

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