Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions
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==Revived Hebrew== | ==Revived Hebrew== | ||
Hebrew in Lõis was revived by English-speaking Jews, but it's mostly a hobbyist thing in small communities. The original normative standard for the accent was the ''Havohróh Măcubéleth'' accent. Most speakers today use a loosely Togarmite accent | Hebrew in Lõis was revived by English-speaking Jews, but it's mostly a hobbyist thing in small communities. The original normative standard for the accent was the ''Havohróh Măcubéleth'' accent. Most speakers today use a loosely Togarmite accent: | ||
* beth, kaf, pe, tav without dagesh are /v, x, f, θ/) | |||
* Shva is dropped using similar rules to Israeli Hebrew. | |||
* Tsere /ɛɪ/ is reduced to [ɛ] in unstressed syllables, merging with segol /ɛ/, and cholam /əʏ/ is reduced to [œ] in unstressed syllables. | |||
The grammar is | The grammar is nearly identical to our Israeli Hebrew (using suffix conjugation = past, participle = present, prefix conjugation = future, l- + infinitive construct = infinitive), but different analogies are made than in Israeli Hebrew and calques are usually made from English. | ||
==English Hebrew== | ==English Hebrew== | ||