Easy as ABC

Or, easy as אבג! Yesterday, I had my first Hebrew lesson and I must say - against all my negative prejudice - it was quite fun! Alright, we only had time to scratch the surface of the alphabet and half of the time got to know each other in class and listened to Israeli music. But somehow I got the feeling like... I can beat this thing.

After class I came home and as a diligent Finn started practicing the letters again. In fact, it is like learning 44 new letters since we're learning also how to write them by hand. My notebook is full of "irons", "fish hooks", "curly hairs" and "ears". How fun to come up with tricks how to remember how each letter is written! (Note to self: keep this attitude when going forward)

Beautiful samples of my "hand writing": the fish hook, ear etc.

It was also fun and in a way comforting to be in a class of 20 people who share your interest one way or another. People had various reasons why they had enrolled in the class: some had lived in Israel, some were half-Israelis, some had found out they had Jewish family roots, some had traveled in Israel and fallen in love with the country, some were married to an Israeli and some were studying it for work. I'm none of these, by the way :).

Next week in class, we're going to talk about Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish new year. I'm really looking forward to it and this is exactly the counter weight outside the office what I've been missing!

Still struggling to remember that the book opens the other way :).