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Speak Hebrew out loud, with Maya.

baba is a Hebrew tutor you talk to. You speak, Maya listens, and she answers in everyday Israeli Hebrew you can follow. She fixes what you said, shows you how an Israeli would say it, checks how you sound, and remembers you next time.

First lesson free No hearts, no lives iPhone and Android

נָעִים מְאוֹד, אֲלֶכְּס! מָה אַתָּה אוֹהֵב לֶאֱכוֹל?

Out loudEvery lesson is a spoken conversation with Maya

Sound by soundPronunciation checked inside each word you say

אַתָּה · אַתְּMaya speaks to you in your own grammatical gender

No heartsA mistake costs nothing but one correction

Inside a lesson

A Real Conversation, Every Day.

Pick today's lesson and hold to talk, talk hands free, or type if you would rather. Maya answers out loud at the speed you chose. Every line is Hebrew with its vowel marks, and the English and transliteration are one tap away. Here is what happens inside one.

Your gender

Hebrew that speaks to you, as you.

Hebrew changes with who you are talking to: the verbs, the adjectives, even the word for you. Maya uses your form in every line. Play both and hear it in her own voice.

MayaHer own voice, recorded for each form

אַתְּ מוּכָנָה? קוֹדֶם כַּמָּה שְׁאֵלוֹת קְצָרוֹת.at mu·kha·NA? KO·dem KA·ma she·e·LOT ktsa·ROT.

Are you ready? First, a few quick questions.

מְצוּיָּן! אֲתַקֵּן אוֹתָךְ כַּמָּה פְּעָמִים בְּכָל שִׁיעוּר.me·tsu·YAN! a·ta·KEN o·TAKH KA·ma pe·a·MIM be·KHOL shi·UR.

Excellent! I'll correct you a few times in each lesson.

Corrections

She shows you how an Israeli would say it.

When something slips, Maya tells you what it was, gives you the sentence an Israeli would have said, and carries on. You choose when she corrects you, and can change it any time.

Tap a note when you're ready. Maya keeps talking.

What you saidאני אוהב חומוס ואני גר ב תל אביב

Better to sayאֲנִי אוֹהֵב חוּמוּס וַאֲנִי גָּר בְּתֵל אָבִיב.a·NI o·HEV KHU·mus va·a·NI gar be·TEL a·VIV.

I love hummus and I live in Tel Aviv.

No space after ב. It sticks to תל.

Pronunciation

She hears how you sound.

baba checks the sounds inside each word, not just whether the word arrived, and tells you which one drifted and what you said instead. It shows where the stress goes, too.

Word practice · from your answer

חוּמוּסKHU·mushummus

Sound by sound

חוּKHUמוּסmus

Stress the first syllable: KHU·mus. ח is a throaty kh, like the ch in Bach.

So closeYou said h where Maya says kh. Listen for the kh sound and try again.

The lessons

Four Ways to Talk with Maya.

Maya shapes every lesson around your level and what you told her you care about, and adjusts as you talk: simpler when you struggle, a stretch when it gets easy.

Your first lesson is free

A1Hummus, beaches and the shuk

Classic

An open chat, gentle fixes and a new daily word. Maya picks the topic from what you told her you care about.

A1 · 8 min · Dana, baristaOrder coffee in Tel Aviv

Role-play

Step into real moments in Israel. The other side speaks in their own voice, and you can write a scene of your own.

A1 · articleFriday at the shuk

Read and talk

Read a short article together, then talk it through with Maya.

baba Pro

No score, no clockTalk with Maya about anything

Open conversation

Your topic, your pace, for as long as you like. Nothing is scored.

More role-plays waiting in the app

Job interview at a startupYossi, hiring manager · B1
Shabbat dinner with your partner's familyRina, partner's mom · A2
Bargain at Shuk HaCarmelMiri, shuk vendor · A2
Taxi to Ben GurionMoshe, taxi driver · A2
First date in JaffaShira, your date · A2
Check in at a Haifa hotelEitan, reception · A1

After the lesson

A Recap That Says What Changed.

Every lesson ends with scores for pronunciation, fluency, grammar and vocabulary, the lines to fix, one takeaway to practise out loud, and your points.

The takeaway waits in Lesson notes. Every correction waits in Fix your mistakes until you say it right, and your next daily word is chosen from what you talked about.

Lesson recap +86

Pronunciation

Fluency

Grammar

Vocab

Key takeaway

ב, ל and מ join the next word

The little words for in, to and from never stand alone.

לַיָּםבְּתֵלמֵהַשּׁוּק

Read the whole conversation
Found the pattern you missed
3 practice sentences written

Memory

She Remembers You.

After each lesson Maya writes down a few things you told her, like what you love or where you live, and the mistakes you keep making. Tomorrow's lesson picks up where today's left off.

Everything she remembers is yours to read and delete in Settings. Try it on the notes here.

Settings

What Maya remembers

Lives in Tel Aviv
Loves hummus, and thinks Jaffa does it best
Moving closer to family in Haifa next year
Wants to talk with his partner’s parents at Shabbat dinner
Mixes up ב with a space before the next word

Recordings of your voice are used to write down and score what you said. Each one is kept for 30 days so a score can be checked, then deleted. Notes stay until you delete them.

Between lessons

Small Habits That Keep the Hebrew Coming.

The app has four tabs: Home, Practice, Leagues and Profile. Around the lessons sit a daily word, your saved words, drills built from your own mistakes, a pronunciation lab, a streak and a weekly league.

A clay cup of coffee, the picture for today's word

Today's daily word

קָפֶהka·FEcoffee

הַקָּפֶה חַם וְטָעִים.

The coffee is hot and tasty.

It is masculine, so say קָפֶה חַם (ka·FE kham).

A new daily word each morning, with Maya saying it. Use it in a lesson to own it.

Fix your mistakesWhen Maya corrects something in a lesson, it waits here until you say it right.
Practice pronunciationType a word. Hear Maya, then say it.
My wordsEvery word you saved, and every daily word you own.
Lesson notesMaya's tip from each lesson.

12 1,240

Ten points for every turn you take, twenty more when you use the daily word, and a fifth of your lesson score.

This week's league

Clay leagueTop 5 move up each week

1stLearner612
2ndYou540
3rdLearner498

Promotion zone

Ends Friday at 14:00 Israel timeEvery league wraps up before Shabbat.

Six leagues, from Clay to Gold. You can hide yourself from the board any time.

HomePracticeLeaguesProfile

Kind by design

No Hearts. No Energy. No Lives to Lose.

A wrong sentence gets one correction, and the talk carries on.

At your speed.

Natural, Relaxed or Slow, and a Slower button on any line Maya says. Stuck for words? Ask How do I say, or let Maya suggest a reply.

Honest about the tutor.

Maya is an AI tutor, and baba says so before your first lesson. Your recordings are kept for 30 days so a score can be checked, then deleted.

In your language.

The app speaks English, French, Russian or Spanish. Hebrew is what you practise, never the menus.

Who it is for

For People Who Need to Speak Hebrew.

Making aliyah

You read a little and freeze when someone speaks to you.

Hebrew school graduates

Years of lessons, and never a real chance to talk.

Partners and families of Israelis

For the Shabbat table, the in-laws and the phone calls.

Anyone done with tapping apps

Because there was never anybody on the other end.

baba Pro

Start Free. Keep Talking with Pro.

Your first lesson is free.

One full Classic lesson with Maya, on the house. No trial to start and no card needed.

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Yearly

$99.99 / year

$8.33 a month · 7 days free

Monthly

$14.99 / month

Cancel any time

Every daily lesson after your free one
Role-plays, including the ones you write
Read and talk: an article read together, then discussed
Open conversation with Maya, about anything, for as long as you like

Prices in US dollars. The App Store and Google Play show your local price and any trial before you buy, and you can cancel any time in your store settings.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is baba Learn?

A Hebrew tutor you talk to. You speak out loud with Maya, she answers in everyday Israeli Hebrew, corrects what you said, checks your pronunciation sound by sound, and remembers you between lessons. It is for English speakers who want to speak Hebrew, not just read it.

Is Maya a real person?

No. Maya is an AI tutor, and the app tells you so before your first lesson. Role-play characters, like Dana the barista or Yossi the hiring manager, speak in their own voices.

Do I need to know the Hebrew alphabet first?

No. You can start from zero. Maya keeps her Hebrew simple at first, every line she says has vowel marks, and the English and transliteration are one tap away. baba teaches you to speak rather than walking you through the alphabet.

How does the pronunciation check work?

When you say a word or a line, baba compares each sound you made with the sounds of the Hebrew on screen and shows which one drifted and what you said instead. In conversation it points out clear misses without failing the line, so the talk keeps moving.

How does Maya know to say אַתָּה or אַתְּ?

You tell her once, when you set up the app, and you can change it any time in Settings. From then on she uses your form in every line, the way an Israeli speaking to you would.

What does it cost?

Your first Classic lesson is free. baba Pro unlocks every lesson after it, role-plays, read and talk, and open conversation. It is $14.99 a month, or $99.99 a year with a 7-day free trial. The App Store and Google Play show your local price before you buy.

What happens to my recordings?

Each recording is used to write down and score what you said, kept for 30 days so a score can be checked, then deleted. The notes Maya keeps about you stay until you delete them in Settings.

When can I download it?

baba Learn is in testing on iPhone and Android and opens soon. Join the waitlist and we will email you the day it does.

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