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Questions & Answers about הפגישה הראשונה חשובה.
How do you pronounce הפגישה הראשונה חשובה?
A common pronunciation guide is:
ha-pgi-SHA ha-ri-sho-NA kha-shu-VA
A few notes:
- ה at the start of a word is usually ha- = the
- פגישה = p'gishá / pgishá
- ראשונה = rishoná
- חשובה = chashuvá
The ch sound in חשובה is not like English ch in chair. It is the throaty sound heard in German Bach or Scottish loch.
The stress is usually on the last syllable in all three main words here:
- pgiSHA
- rishoNA
- chashuVA
Why does הפגישה start with ה־?
Because ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- פגישה = meeting
- הפגישה = the meeting
In this sentence, the noun is definite: the meeting.
Why does הראשונה also have ה־?