Basic Vowels

Question 1

Which consonants are occasionally vowels?

Answer 1

ו י ה Waw yod heh

Question 2

Patach is written? And said?

Answer 2

Line beneath, said short a (aqua)

Question 3

Qamets is written? And said?

Answer 3

T beneath, long a (father)

Question 4

Segol is written? And said?

Answer 4

Three dots below, short e in pets

Question 5

Tsere is written? And said?

Answer 5

Two dots, side by side. Long e like they

Question 6

Hireq, (chireq) is written? And said?

Answer 6

Single dot below. Short i sound like pit

Question 7

Hireq Yod is written? And said?

Answer 7

Dot beneath and next letter is י yod. Pronounced long i like ski (eee)

Question 8

Qantas qaton is written? And said?

Answer 8

T beneath the letter. Pronounced short o like (hop)

Appears same as Qamats, for now words will usually be qamats (long a sound rather than short o)

Question 9

Holem (cholem) written? Said?

Answer 9

A dot top right above the next letter, or on top of a vav. וֹ pronounced long o as in hope.

Question 10

Qibbuts is written? And said

Answer 10

Three diagonal dots beneath, pronounced short u. Like rucksack

Question 11

Shureq written? Said?

Answer 11

Next to a vav/waw וּ said a long u. As in rule

Question 12

אָ

Answer 12

Qamets, long A [father] (or gametes qaton short o, [hop])

Question 13

אַ

Answer 13

Patach, short A [aqua]

Question 14

אֶ

Answer 14

Segol, short e [pet]

Question 15

אֻ

Answer 15

Qibbuts, short u [pull]

Question 16

אֵ

Answer 16

Tsere, long E, [they]

Question 17

אִ

Answer 17

Hireq, short i, [pit]

Question 18

אִי

Answer 18

Hireq Yod, Long i, [ski]

Question 19

אֹ

Answer 19

Cholem, long o [hope]

Question 20

אוּ

Answer 20

Shureq, long u [rule]

Question 21

אוֹ

Answer 21

Cholem, long o [hope]

Question 22

אָה

Answer 22

Qamets, long a [father] H is silent.

Question 23

אָהּ

Answer 23

Qamets, long a [father] H is an aspirated at end of long a

Question 24

אְ

Answer 24

Shewa, sometimes vocal, sometimes silent.

Question 25

אְר Vocal or Silent?

Answer 25

Vocal, always at start of word.

Question 26

בַאְר Vocal or Silent?

Answer 26

Silent, it’s after a short vowel.

Question 27

בָאְר Vocal or Silent?

Answer 27

Vocal it’s after a long vowel.

Question 28

בָאְאְר Vocal or silent?

Answer 28

Double Shewa in middle are always Silent, then vocal.

Question 29

בָאְ Vocal or Silent

Answer 29

End of word shewa is always silent.`

Question 30

בראְאְ Silent or Vocal

Answer 30

Double shewa at the end is always silent.

Question 31

וְּ Vowel or consonant

Answer 31

Double consonant, letters can only have one vowel sound, the shewa shows the dagesh is a dagesh forte.

Question 32

A dagesh on a BGD KPhT letter after a vowel sound is a forte or lene?

Answer 32

Forte.

Question 33

A dagesh on a BGT KPhT after a shewa is a dagesh…lene or forte?

Answer 33

Lene.

Question 34

יהּ

What does is this dot called and what does it do?

Answer 34

Mappiq
H-dot makes the H have an aspiration at the end. Melka and melka-h are spelt similar מלכה and הלכהּ whilst in melka the H Is part of the qamats on the kaf making a long aa sound at end of work the dagesh means you must pronounce the Heh too, in the for of a added H aspiration.