Lost in Translation — Hebrew Reading Practice

mayaמַאיָה

Maya

lamdaלָמְדָה

she learned

ivritעִבְרִית

Hebrew

kvarכְּבָר

already

shanaשָׁנָה

year

u've'derechוּבְדֶרֶךְ

and on the way

klalכְּלַל

general

hiהִיא

she

histadraהִסְתַּדְּרָה

she managed

be'sederבְּסֵדֶר

in order

Maya had been learning Hebrew for a year already, and usually she managed just fine.

avalאֲבָל

but

yomיוֹם

day

echadאֶחָד

one

ba'avodaבַּעֲבוֹדָה

at work

hiהִיא

she

astaעָשְׂתָה

she did

ta'utטָעוּת

mistake

she'hiשֶׁהִיא

that she

loלֹא

not

shachchaשָׁכְחָה

she forgot

But one day at work she made a mistake she didn't forget.

zeזֶהhayaהָיָהyomיוֹםarochאָרוֹךְu'me'odוּמְאֹדayefעָיֵףu've'sofוּבְסוֹףha'yeshivaהַיְּשִׁיבָהmenahelמְנַהֵלsha'alשָׁאַלmayaמַאיָהha'kolהַכֹּלbe'sederבְּסֵדֶרetאֵתnir'eitנִרְאֵיתloלֹאtovטוֹב

…היום…בבוקר…יצא…האיש…אל…הרחוב…הקטן…והלך…לאט…ליד…הבית…הישן…בעיר

…על…השולחן…היה…ספר…פתוח…והיא…קראה…כמה…מילים…ואז…הסתכלה…דרך…החלון

…אחרי…זמן…קצר…הם…חזרו…אל…המקום…וישבו…יחד…עד…שהגיע…הערב

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