U O Ee Eh A

1) Similar to English, Hebrew vowels compose five basic sounds: A, E, I, O, U. 2) Different from English, vowels make no sound unless they are related to a consonant. To make the sounds A, E, I, O, U in Hebrew, there is a need to use the consonant Alef with each of those vowels. 3) Most vowel characters are positioned underneath the consonants. 4) There are more then five characters but for basic communication, remembering five of them is sufficient. 5) Like in English, not each consonant has a vowel. Many times the last consonant in a word does not have one.Also last letter in a syllable, or even first letter.