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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hebrew Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking About Your Age. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours in Hebrew.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How old are you?' in Hebrew.
Yaara: [Normal] בן כמה אתה?(ben kama ata?)
Eric: First is a phrase meaning 'How old'
Yaara: [Normal] בן כמה [Slow] בן כמה (ben kama)
Eric: Last is the pronoun meaning 'You'
Yaara: [Normal] אתה [Slow] אתה(ata)
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'How old are you?'
Yaara: [Slow] בן כמה אתה? [Normal] בן כמה אתה?
Eric: Ok, now let's look at the formal way to say 'How old are you?'
Yaara: [Normal] אפשר לשאול לגילך?(efshar lish'ol legil'kha?)
Eric: First is an adverb meaning 'Possible'
Yaara: [Normal] אפשר [Slow] אפשר (efshar)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to Ask'
Yaara: [Normal] לשאול [Slow] לשאול(lish'ol)
Eric: Last is the noun meaning 'your age'
Yaara: [Normal] לגילך [Slow] לגילך(legilkha)
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'How old are you?'
Yaara: [Slow] אפשר לשאול לגילך? [Normal] אפשר לשאול לגילך?
Eric: Next we’ll take a look at how to say 'I’m 17.'
Yaara: [Normal] אני בן שבע-עשרה.(ani ben shva-esre.)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I'
Yaara: [Normal] אני [Slow] אני(ani)
Eric: Last is the phrase meaning '17 years old'
Yaara: [Normal] בן שבע עשרה [Slow] בן שבע עשרה(ben shva-esre)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I’m 17.'
Yaara: [Slow] אני בן שבע-עשרה. [Normal] אני בן שבע-עשרה.
Eric: Finally, we have a way to say 'I prefer not to say.'
Yaara: [Normal] אני מעדיף לא להגיד.(ani ma'adif lo lehagid.)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I'
Yaara: [Normal] אני [Slow] אני(ani)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'Prefer'
Yaara: [Normal] מעדיף [Slow] מעדיף(ma'adif)
Eric: Next is the adverb meaning 'No'
Yaara: [Normal] לא [Slow] לא(lo)
Eric: Last is the verb meaning 'to say'
Yaara: [Normal] להגיד [Slow] להגיד(lehagid)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I prefer not to say.'
Yaara: [Slow] אני מעדיף לא להגיד. [Normal] אני מעדיף לא להגיד.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Yaara: In more formal situations, it’s common to guess one’s age by asking if he or she is a university student or working after graduation and so on. University students’ ages in Israel are different than in other countries - mostly it varies between 20-25 years old. So keep that in mind!

Outro

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Yaara: להתראות

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