Lesson 44: Months and Birthdays

You can already name the days of the week. Now let’s add the months and seasons — and learn to ask when someone’s birthday is.

When’s your birthday?

Grammar: months and “in…”

Hebrew borrows the international month names, so they’re easy to recognize. To say something happens in a month, add בְּ־ (be-):

Hebrew	Romanization	English
יָנוּאָר	yanuar	January
מַאי	mai	May
בְּמַאי	bemai	in May
דֶּצֶמְבֶּר	detsember	December

A birthday is יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת (yom huledet, literally “day of birth”). To ask when something is, use מָתַי? (matai?, “when?”).

Tip: The four seasons: חֹרֶף choref (winter), אָבִיב aviv (spring), קַיִץ kayitz (summer), סְתָו stav (autumn).

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