End of Chapter One

Right, my Hebrew classes for this year are over. It was 12 weeks ago when the course started in September, and I can say that I am a bit smarter comparing the back-then situation to now. OK, that isn't too hard to achieve when you start from zero :).

Being completely honest with you, I still can't remember all the alphabet but I can fairly enough say that if I try hard, I can read Hebrew. However, it is kind of a struggle that longer sentences will discourage me and make me dizzy. And as my vocabulary is rather limited, I wouldn't understand what I am reading anyway!

As I am somewhat of a language freak, it has been an interesting journey to learn a language that is so completely different from what I am used to. This - if anything - should keep off Alzheimer's, as my brain is really challenged by the alphabet and reading from right to left.

The story does not end here, I have enrolled to the next level. After that I hope to have enough ingredients to carry a short smalltalk with someone. To be continued in January and below is a sample of my writing. 10 points to those who can read and translate :).

...שלום! אני לומדת עברי. אז יאללה, ביי