Pronunciation of Aleph

Mika   Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:43 pm GMT
Sorry, I didn't know that you cannot write the title in Hebrew letters.


שלום !

I've got a question about the pronunciation of א in Hebrew.
I read that it's supposed to be pronounced like a glottal stop.
But how about in the end of a word? Like in:

היא (she)
הוא (he)
בא (comes)

Are those words pronounced with a glottal stop?

תודה !
Guest   Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:38 pm GMT
Hee, hoo, and bah, in Modern Hebrew, I believe. I noticed that you don't use vowel pointing, why is that? Are you more advanced, but just interested in phonics or linguistics?
Mika   Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:30 pm GMT
תודה !

So without any glottal stop?

I'm learning the language, and since "normal" Hebrew doesn't use niqqud, I'm getting used to it myself.