I was under the impression that Hebrew doesn’t have the indefinite articles “a” or “an”, and uses “the” as a definite article.
Polycarp, why are you making gefilte out of herring??? Even if the gefilte is red.
On the point of unvocalized consonants, a few weeks ago I finally learned that the word “perhaps” is shin-mem-aleph. This is vital to contrast with “listen,” shin-mem-ayin. You really don’t want to get the two confused in prayer.