real israeli hebrew
learn the hebrew israelis actually use.
not the textbook kind. the kind your friends text you, the kind you hear at the shuk, the kind that bends to who is talking to who.
a friend just texted you this. by the end of this page, you will read it.
chapter one
hebrew changes with who you are talking to.
most apps teach one flat version of a sentence. real hebrew bends to the speaker and the listener. baba learns who you are on day one, then keeps every sentence true to it.
a 20 second lesson
יאללה, בא לך קפה?a friend just texted you this. would you get it?
this lesson comes alive with javascript on. the answer: it means "yalla, feel like a coffee?"
every prompt, gender correct. the thing every other hebrew app gets wrong.
chapter two
real hebrew has no vowels. we get you there.
every beginner app teaches the little vowel dots and never takes them away. then your first ynet headline or whatsapp stops you cold.
baba calls it nikud fade. the vowels leave one word at a time, in a useful order, while the letters stay put. you learn to read the same word with help and without it. pointed today, bare when you are ready, no wall.
chapter three
every word grows from a root.
hebrew is not a pile of flashcards. words grow in families, and one three letter root can open a whole orchard. in baba, every root you master grows a tree.
- כּוֹתֵב kotev writes or is writing
- מִכְתָּב mikhtav a letter or message
- כְּתֹבֶת ktovet an address
- כְּתִיבָה ktiva writing, the process
this is pardes. your roots, growing.
why baba
the kind way to get fluent.
the big green owl built its hebrew course in 2016 and walked away. baba is building for the hebrew people actually use, and building it to be kind.
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honest voice
every clip is real audio, machine checked. we never fake a pronunciation score no app can actually give for hebrew.
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no hearts
no energy meters. no lockouts. get one wrong and you just try again. we never lock you out of learning to sell you lives.
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shabbat aware streaks
rest on shabbat without losing your streak. baba gets it.
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review that remembers
baba brings a word back right before you would forget it, not a day too late.
maya
that was real hebrew
you just read a real israeli message.
no vowels, no help, no translating in your head. that was lesson zero. baba has a thousand more, and it starts with the alef bet, free forever.