HEBREW
(transliterated)
THE SEARCH FOR LORNA
Translated by Pnina Tadmor, transliteration by Pnina Tadmor
rearranged by Robert B. Casiraghi

TRANSLITERATION CONVENTIONS

• a=ah, o=oh, e=eh, i=ee, u=oo, x=like Scottish ch in loch. The sign ' (apostrophe) represents the glottal stop within a Hebrew word (alef or ain). 

• The article and certain prepositions are written separately: ha xipus  instead of haxipus (the search), ba boker instead of baboker (in the morning)

• Compounds that are pronounced as a single word are separated by an hyphen when it may be useful to the learner. Example: be-meshex instead of bemeshex (during)

• Treatment of the shva (virtual e, that sometimes is sounded, sometimes not) is not entirely consequent because of inherent difficulties and difference of pronounciation by Israeli speakers

• Italics are sometimes used at the end of a word to indicate the affix personal pronouns: sheruteha=her services

• The stress is marked by an underline under the relevant vowel. Where no stress mark appears in a word, the stress is by default on the last syllable as is typical for Hebrew.

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DAISY STORIES TEMPLATES
≡ The Search for Lorna
≡ The Surprise
≡ Daisy Macbeth
≡ Night Watch
≡ A Nice Little Trip
≡ The Bookworm
≡ The Oak
≡ Imogen
≡ The Mystery of
≡ Green Lodge
≡ A Matter of Justice
≡ The Wedding
ARRANGER STORIES TEMPLATES
≡ The Auction
≡ The River Mist
OPAL STORIES TEMPLATES
≡ Upside Down
≡ Parallel Homes