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6 [six]

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‫6 [שש]‬ 6 [shesh]	‫קריאה וכתיבה‬ qri'ah uktivah

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Language families

About 7 billion people live on Earth. And they speak about 7,000 different languages! Like people, languages can also be related. That is, they originate from a common root. There are also languages that are completely isolated. They are not genetically related to any other language. In Europe, for example, Basque is considered an isolated language. But most languages have ‘parents’, ‘children’ or ‘siblings’. They belong to a particular language family. You can recognize how similar languages are through comparisons. Linguists today count around 300 genetic entities. Among those, there are 180 families that consist of more than one language. The rest make up 120 isolated languages. The largest language family is the Indo-European. It is comprised of around 280 languages. This includes Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages. There are more than 3 billion speakers on all continents! The Sino-Tibetan language family is dominant in Asia. It has more than 1.3 billion speakers. The main Sino-Tibetan language is Chinese. The third largest language family is in Africa. It is named after its area of circulation: Niger-Congo. ‘Only’ 350 million speakers belong to it. Swahili is the main language in this family. In most cases: the closer the relationship, the better the understanding. People who speak related languages understand each other well. They can learn the other language relatively quickly. So, learn languages – family reunions are always nice!

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I read.	‫_נ_ ק_ר_ / ת_‬ a_i q_r_/_o_'_t_ ‫אני קורא / ת.‬ ani qore/qor'et. ‫___ ק___ / ת__ a__ q___________ ‫אני קורא / ת.‬ ani qore/qor'et. ____ ____ _ ___ ___ ____________ ‫אני קורא / ת.‬ ani qore/qor'et.
I read a letter (character).	‫_נ_ ק_ר_ / ת א_ת_‬ a_i q_r_/_o_'_t o_. ‫אני קורא / ת אות.‬ ani qore/qor'et ot. ‫___ ק___ / ת א____ a__ q__________ o__ ‫אני קורא / ת אות.‬ ani qore/qor'et ot. ____ ____ _ _ _____ ___ ___________ ___ ‫אני קורא / ת אות.‬ ani qore/qor'et ot.
I read a word.	‫_נ_ ק_ר_ / ת מ_ל_._ a_i q_r_/_o_'_t m_l_h_ ‫אני קורא / ת מילה.‬ ani qore/qor'et milah. ‫___ ק___ / ת מ_____ a__ q__________ m_____ ‫אני קורא / ת מילה.‬ ani qore/qor'et milah. ____ ____ _ _ ______ ___ ___________ ______ ‫אני קורא / ת מילה.‬ ani qore/qor'et milah.

I read a sentence.	‫_נ_ ק_ר_ / ת מ_פ_._ a_i q_r_/_o_'_t m_s_p_t_ ‫אני קורא / ת משפט.‬ ani qore/qor'et mishpat. ‫___ ק___ / ת מ_____ a__ q__________ m_______ ‫אני קורא / ת משפט.‬ ani qore/qor'et mishpat. ____ ____ _ _ ______ ___ ___________ ________ ‫אני קורא / ת משפט.‬ ani qore/qor'et mishpat.
I read a letter.	‫_נ_ ק_ר_ / ת מ_ת_._ a_i q_r_/_o_'_t m_k_t_v_ ‫אני קורא / ת מכתב.‬ ani qore/qor'et mikhtav. ‫___ ק___ / ת מ_____ a__ q__________ m_______ ‫אני קורא / ת מכתב.‬ ani qore/qor'et mikhtav. ____ ____ _ _ ______ ___ ___________ ________ ‫אני קורא / ת מכתב.‬ ani qore/qor'et mikhtav.
I read a book.	‫_נ_ ק_ר_ / ת ס_ר_‬ a_i q_r_/_o_'_t s_f_r_ ‫אני קורא / ת ספר.‬ ani qore/qor'et sefer. ‫___ ק___ / ת ס____ a__ q__________ s_____ ‫אני קורא / ת ספר.‬ ani qore/qor'et sefer. ____ ____ _ _ _____ ___ ___________ ______ ‫אני קורא / ת ספר.‬ ani qore/qor'et sefer.

I read.	‫_נ_ ק_ר_ / ת_‬ a_i q_r_/_o_'_t_ ‫אני קורא / ת.‬ ani qore/qor'et. ‫___ ק___ / ת__ a__ q___________ ‫אני קורא / ת.‬ ani qore/qor'et. ____ ____ _ ___ ___ ____________ ‫אני קורא / ת.‬ ani qore/qor'et.
You read.	‫_ת / ה ק_ר_ / ת_‬ a_a_/_t q_r_/_o_'_t_ ‫את / ה קורא / ת.‬ atah/at qore/qor'et. ‫__ / ה ק___ / ת__ a______ q___________ ‫את / ה קורא / ת.‬ atah/at qore/qor'et. ___ _ _ ____ _ ___ _______ ____________ ‫את / ה קורא / ת.‬ atah/at qore/qor'et.
He reads.	‫_ו_ ק_ר_._ h_ q_r_. ‫הוא קורא.‬ hu qore. ‫___ ק_____ h_ q____ ‫הוא קורא.‬ hu qore. ____ ______ __ _____ ‫הוא קורא.‬ hu qore.

I write.	‫_נ_ כ_ת_ / ת_‬ a_i k_t_v_k_t_v_t_ ‫אני כותב / ת.‬ ani kotev/kotevet. ‫___ כ___ / ת__ a__ k_____________ ‫אני כותב / ת.‬ ani kotev/kotevet. ____ ____ _ ___ ___ ______________ ‫אני כותב / ת.‬ ani kotev/kotevet.
I write a letter (character).	‫_נ_ כ_ת_ / ת א_ת_‬ a_i k_t_v_k_t_v_t o_. ‫אני כותב / ת אות.‬ ani kotev/kotevet ot. ‫___ כ___ / ת א____ a__ k____________ o__ ‫אני כותב / ת אות.‬ ani kotev/kotevet ot. ____ ____ _ _ _____ ___ _____________ ___ ‫אני כותב / ת אות.‬ ani kotev/kotevet ot.
I write a word.	‫_נ_ כ_ת_ / ת מ_ל_._ a_i k_t_v_k_t_v_t m_l_h_ ‫אני כותב / ת מילה.‬ ani kotev/kotevet milah. ‫___ כ___ / ת מ_____ a__ k____________ m_____ ‫אני כותב / ת מילה.‬ ani kotev/kotevet milah. ____ ____ _ _ ______ ___ _____________ ______ ‫אני כותב / ת מילה.‬ ani kotev/kotevet milah.

I write a sentence.	‫_נ_ כ_ת_ / ת מ_פ_._ a_i k_t_v_k_t_v_t m_s_p_t_ ‫אני כותב / ת משפט.‬ ani kotev/kotevet mishpat. ‫___ כ___ / ת מ_____ a__ k____________ m_______ ‫אני כותב / ת משפט.‬ ani kotev/kotevet mishpat. ____ ____ _ _ ______ ___ _____________ ________ ‫אני כותב / ת משפט.‬ ani kotev/kotevet mishpat.
I write a letter.	‫_נ_ כ_ת_ / ת מ_ת_._ a_i k_t_v_k_t_v_t m_k_t_v_ ‫אני כותב / ת מכתב.‬ ani kotev/kotevet mikhtav. ‫___ כ___ / ת מ_____ a__ k____________ m_______ ‫אני כותב / ת מכתב.‬ ani kotev/kotevet mikhtav. ____ ____ _ _ ______ ___ _____________ ________ ‫אני כותב / ת מכתב.‬ ani kotev/kotevet mikhtav.
I write a book.	‫_נ_ כ_ת_ / ת ס_ר_‬ a_i k_t_v_k_t_v_t s_f_r_ ‫אני כותב / ת ספר.‬ ani kotev/kotevet sefer. ‫___ כ___ / ת ס____ a__ k____________ s_____ ‫אני כותב / ת ספר.‬ ani kotev/kotevet sefer. ____ ____ _ _ _____ ___ _____________ ______ ‫אני כותב / ת ספר.‬ ani kotev/kotevet sefer.

I write.	‫_נ_ כ_ת_ / ת_‬ a_i k_t_v_k_t_v_t_ ‫אני כותב / ת.‬ ani kotev/kotevet. ‫___ כ___ / ת__ a__ k_____________ ‫אני כותב / ת.‬ ani kotev/kotevet. ____ ____ _ ___ ___ ______________ ‫אני כותב / ת.‬ ani kotev/kotevet.
You write.	‫_ת / ה כ_ת_ / ת_‬ a_a_/_t k_t_v_k_t_v_t_ ‫את / ה כותב / ת.‬ atah/at kotev/kotevet. ‫__ / ה כ___ / ת__ a______ k_____________ ‫את / ה כותב / ת.‬ atah/at kotev/kotevet. ___ _ _ ____ _ ___ _______ ______________ ‫את / ה כותב / ת.‬ atah/at kotev/kotevet.
He writes.	‫_ו_ כ_ת_._ h_ k_t_v_ ‫הוא כותב.‬ hu kotev. ‫___ כ_____ h_ k_____ ‫הוא כותב.‬ hu kotev. ____ ______ __ ______ ‫הוא כותב.‬ hu kotev.

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