Translation Hey, there! Did I translate this correctly?: You are not a bread if you were born in a bakery אתה לא לחם אם נולדת במאפייה

Israeli humour

ביטויים עבריים

Internationals who move to Israel

Cost of living in Israel

Hi, there!

How expensive is it to live in Israel?

I've read up about costs of living in Israel but the facts are a bit cold to me. I want to know from someone who lives in Israel.

How comfortable can a single person, without a car, live who teaches and has a salary of say 3000 shekels? (not sure what a teacher earns in Israel. If you know, please share :) 

Thanks! 

Is there a grammatical system to conjugate nouns like there is one to conjugate verbs?

How do use "-למרות ש"? In previous notebook entries there has been suggested that it's better to use "אף ש-", I'm not complaining, it's easier, but I'd just like to know how "-למרות ש" is used. Btw, what's the difference? *How do you use... :)

How do I know when to pronounce the sh'va in a word? I know the sh'va is a very short "e" sound but I've noticed in some words you do pronounce it. Is there a way/ rule to know when to say it?

Meervoudsvorme in Afrikaans

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><em>-f</em>  becomes <em>-we</em>:</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">dief- diewe</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">motief- motiewe</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">After a short sounding sound, you write two consonants:</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">adres- adresse</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">pot- potte</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">When the word has a long sounding sound, one vowel falls away:</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">poot- po<strike>o</strike>te</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">been- be<strike>e</strike>ne</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">When a word ends on the vowel <em>i</em>, <em>o</em>, <em>u</em> or an accented <em>a </em>(as in <em>ma</em>), you add an apostrophe <em>s</em> to it:</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">bikini- bikini's</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">skadu- skadu's</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> hoera- hoera's (the <em>a</em> sounds like <em>aa</em>)</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">risiko- risiko's</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">When a word ends on an accented <em>ie</em>-sound, an ë is added:</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">melodie- melodieë</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">knie- knieë</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Family names (except <em>ma's</em> and <em>pa's</em>), get an <em>s</em>: </font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">broer- broers</font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="color: rgb(189, 148, 0);">The odd ones</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">: (I'm afraid these are those dreaded ones you'll just have to learn) </font>

There are other examples but here are just a few:

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" size="3">brug- brûe </font></font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">rug- rûe </font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">(notice: vrug- vrugte)</font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">dag- dae</font></font></font></font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">vlag- vlae</font></font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">(notice: nag- nagte)</font></font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">vlieg- vlieë</font></font></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">oorlog- oorloë</font></font></font>