Setting up the apartment
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. We are moving to a new apartment in Haifa. The apartment is furnished: there is a sofa, an armchair and a big table. We…
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- אנחנו עוברים לדירה חדשה בחיפה. הדירה מרוהטת: יש ספה, כורסה ושולחן גדול. אנחנו קונים רק שטיח חדש ווילון. המטבח ישן. אבא רוצה לשפץ את המטבח. הנורה בחדר השינה נשרפה, אבל יש נורה חדשה בארון. בעוד שבוע אנחנו כבר בדירה החדשה!анахну оврим ле-дира хадаша бе-хайфа. ха-дира мрухетэт: йеш сэфа, курса ве-шульхан гадоль. анахну коним рак шатиях хадаш ве-вилон. ха-митбах яшан. аба роце лешапец эт ха-митбах. ха-нора ба-хедер шена нишрефа, аваль йеш нора хадаша ба-арон. бэ-од шавуа анахну квар ба-дира ха-хадаша!We are moving to a new apartment in Haifa. The apartment is furnished: there is a sofa, an armchair and a big table. We buy only a new carpet and a curtain. The kitchen is old. Father wants to renovate the kitchen. The light bulb in the bedroom has burned out, but there is a new bulb in the cupboard. In a week we are already in the new apartment!
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- What is the apartment like?
- What do they buy?
- What does father want to do?
- What happened to the bulb in the bedroom?
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.