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chillee Thursday 09th of March 2006 07:16:46 AM
quesiton! - Ok I was looking at the alphabet and i don't get why they have Nun,Nun, Mem, Mem, Tsadeh, and Tsadeh. Also Alef and Ayin.

any explination for why theres four sets of double letters?

please help!

thanks!

-Mathieu

Eli Thursday 09th of March 2006 07:19:40 PM
- Hi Mathieu!

The explanation is very simple:
Letters "מ" "נ" "צ" "כ" "פ" get different form when they come in the end of the word:
מ-ם
נ-ן
צ-ץ
כ-ך
פ-ף

The case of "א"(alef) and "ע"(ain) is different.
Both of these letters have the sound of "a". But the sound is a little bit different. For "ע" the sound comes from the throat. Try it! :) But people, whose origin is from Europe, don't distinguish in their pronunciation between "א" and "ע", so you have the same sound. Of course, one should know which letter to write in each word according to grammar.

makt2000 Sunday 16th of April 2006 06:21:27 AM
- considering \"alef\" and \"ayin\" they once had different sounds .. but because europeans can\'t pronounce the sound of the \"ayin\" , by time it became more like \"alef\" . but in eastern hebrew \"ayin\" is still differnt
Also letters \"Khaf\" and \"Chet\" .. \"Sin\" and \"Samekh\"

Phrasebase Archive
	chillee	Thursday 09th of March 2006 07:16:46 AM
	quesiton! - Ok I was looking at the alphabet and i don't get why they have Nun,Nun, Mem, Mem, Tsadeh, and Tsadeh. Also Alef and Ayin. any explination for why theres four sets of double letters? please help! thanks! -Mathieu
	Eli	Thursday 09th of March 2006 07:19:40 PM
	- Hi Mathieu! The explanation is very simple: Letters "מ" "נ" "צ" "כ" "פ" get different form when they come in the end of the word: מ-ם נ-ן צ-ץ כ-ך פ-ף The case of "א"(alef) and "ע"(ain) is different. Both of these letters have the sound of "a". But the sound is a little bit different. For "ע" the sound comes from the throat. Try it! :) But people, whose origin is from Europe, don't distinguish in their pronunciation between "א" and "ע", so you have the same sound. Of course, one should know which letter to write in each word according to grammar.
	makt2000	Sunday 16th of April 2006 06:21:27 AM
	- considering \"alef\" and \"ayin\" they once had different sounds .. but because europeans can\'t pronounce the sound of the \"ayin\" , by time it became more like \"alef\" . but in eastern hebrew \"ayin\" is still differnt Also letters \"Khaf\" and \"Chet\" .. \"Sin\" and \"Samekh\"