Key Rule: Add הַ (ha-) before the noun to make it definite. The next letter usually gets a dagesh (dot): סֵפֶר → הַסֵּפֶר (ha-SE-fer, the book).
Write the correct Hebrew form for each item.
1.The book is on the table:
3.The new house is beautiful:
4.There is a book on the table:
5.How do you say 'the book' in Hebrew?
6.What is special about הַ before guttural letters?
7.How do you say 'the big boy'?
8.הַיֶּלֶד גָּדוֹל (without הַ on the adjective) means:
Answers
1. הַסֵּפֶר עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן (ha-SE-fer al ha-shul-KHAN)
2. אֲנִי רוֹאֶה אֶת הַכֶּלֶב (a-NI ro-E et ha-KE-lev)
3. הַבַּיִת הַחָדָשׁ יָפֶה (ha-BA-yit he-kha-DASH ya-FE)
4. יֵשׁ סֵפֶר עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן (yesh SE-fer al ha-shul-KHAN)
5. הַסֵּפֶר
6. Its vowel changes
7. הַיֶּלֶד הַגָּדוֹל
8. the boy is big