[HANASHIR:3334] Re: Ten Lo Mishelo pronounciation

[Judy Git <hillel...>]

To be REALLY precise, the actual  sound of the vowel tzeireh (two dots) is
somewhere between the two sounds.  Practically speaking, in modern Hebrew it's
virtually indistinguishable from the sound of the segol (three dots) - i.e. -
"eh."  Where you still hear the difference, even in modern spoken Hebrew, is
when the tseireh is followed by a yud.  The segol never changes its sound,
even when it's followed by a yud (which is rare); the tseireh definitely sound
"ey" when it's followed by a yud.  As a teacher, I never correct a kid if
he/she reads, e.g., the Hebrew word for "yes" as either "ken" or "kein."  The
former is how it's pronounced, more or less, in modern, Israeli Hebrew; the
latter is old country type pronounciation.  I usually tell the kids, if the
issue comes up, what the REAL sound of this vowel is.  They can hear the
difference; many adults cannot.  If you really want to try to produce it, try
taking the diphthong - the "Y" sound off of the end of "ey."

I hope this is helpful.

Judy

Meris Ruzow wrote:

> I was taught by my Israeli principal that it is the short "ten" vowel.
> Meris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stern <stern (at) netnitco(dot)net>
> To: 'hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org' <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 4:13 PM
> Subject: [HANASHIR:3327] pronunciation
>
> >While everyone was discussing translations, I had a question about
> >pronunciation.  A song that was mentioned..Ten Lo Mishelo...I'm wondering
> >about the first word.  I've seen it spelled the above way, which would
> >imply a short 'e' sound like in the number ten.  However, I've also seen
> >Tein, which would imply a long 'a' sound like the ei in neighbor.  Can
> >someone who is familiar with the Hebrew please advise me?
> >Thanks
> >Kristin
> >
> >
> >
>



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