Missed calls
A short text in Hebrew at level A2. The translation sits next to it: reading with a dictionary is still too early at this level, and without support it will not happen at all. In the morning I saw that I had seven calls I had not answered. The phone had been silent at night because the volume…
Text
- בבוקר ראיתי שיש לי שבע שיחות שלא עניתי. הטלפון היה שקט בלילה, כי הווליום היה נמוך. שש שיחות היו מאמא, ואחת ממספר חדש. כתבתי לאמא הודעה: הכל בסדר, אתקשר בערב. למספר החדש לא עניתי — רק אמא מתקשרת כל בוקר.ба-бокер раити шэ-йеш ли шэва сихот шэ-ло анити. ха-телефон хая шэкэт ба-лайла, ки ха-вольюм хая намух. шеш сихот хаю ме-има, ве-ахат ми-миспар хадаш. каванти ле-има ходаа: ха-коль бэсэдер, эткашэр ба-эрэв. ле-миспар ха-хадаш ло анити — рак има миткашэрэт коль бокер.In the morning I saw that I had seven calls I had not answered. The phone had been silent at night because the volume was low. Six calls were from mother, and one from a new number. I wrote mother a message: everything is fine, I will call in the evening. I did not answer the new number — only mother calls every morning.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- How many missed calls were there?
- Why was the phone silent?
- What did he write to mother?
- Why did he not answer the new number?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Hebrew?
A2. That means: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.