Learn the Aleph-Bet (Hebrew Alphabet)

[Shemtov]

Lesson 4:

Letter number eight is Chet [xɛt]:
ח
Its sound is an unvoiced velar fricative [x].
To remember the sound think of the fact the it looks like a completed or strengthened ה. Most English speakers would describe [x] as a stronger [h].
Some speakers might pronounce this as an unvoiced pharyngeal fricative.

The ninth letter is Tet:
[sixe=200]ט[/size]
Its sound is [t] as in in tent.
To remember it's sound think of it as a teacup, with its upper left curve being the handle.

letter 10 is yud:
י
Its sound is [j] as in yacht.
I don't have a mnemonic for this letter.
In unniqquded writing, yud sometimes functions a a matres Lectiones at the end of a word representing the sequence [ij].

Exercises:
Transcribe the following into IPA:
יָחִיד טוֹב חִטוּט זִיו אָח יָבֹא הָיָה חָג

[kanejam]

Spoiler:

יָחִיד טוֹב חִטוּט זִיו אָח יָבֹא הָיָה חָג
/jaxijd tov xitut zijv ax javo haja xag/

[nzk13]

In unniqquded writing, yud sometimes functions a a matres Lectiones at the end of a word representing the sequence [ij].

Edit: Well, I saw this, which seems to support your statement. However, Matres Lectiones (including yud) can occur in the middle of a word as well as at the end.

[Shemtov]

Spoiler:

יָחִיד טוֹב חִטוּט זִיו אָח יָבֹא הָיָה חָג
/jaxijd tov xitut zijv ax javo haja xag/

Correct!

[Shemtov]

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