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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hebrew Season 1, Lesson 10 - Asking How Much Something Costs. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask how much something costs in Hebrew.
Body
Eric: First, we’ll learn how to ask 'How much does this cost?' in Hebrew.
Yaara: [Normal] כמה זה עולה?(kama ze ole?)
Eric: First is an interrogative meaning 'How much'
Yaara: [Normal] כמה [Slow] כמה (kama)
Eric: Next is the demonstrative pronoun meaning 'It'
Yaara: [Normal] זה [Slow] זה(ze)
Eric: Last is the verb meaning 'Costs'
Yaara: [Normal] עולה [Slow] עולה(ole)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'How much does this cost?'
Yaara: [Slow] כמה זה עולה? [Normal] כמה זה עולה?
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at how to say 'What’s the price of this?'
Yaara: [Normal] מה המחיר של זה?(ma ha'mekhir shel ze?)
Eric: First is an interrogative meaning 'What'
Yaara: [Normal] מה [Slow] מה (ma)
Eric: Next is the noun meaning 'The price'
Yaara: [Normal] המחיר [Slow] המחיר(ha'mekhir)
Eric: Next is the preposition meaning 'Of'
Yaara: [Normal] של [Slow] של(shel)
Eric: Last is the demonstrative pronoun meaning 'It'
Yaara: [Normal] זה [Slow] זה(ze)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'What’s the price of this?'
Yaara: [Slow] מה המחיר של זה? [Normal] מה המחיר של זה?
Eric: Next we’ll see how to say 'OK, I'll take it.'
Yaara: [Normal] בסדר, אני אקח את זה.(beseder, ani ekakh et ze.)
Eric: First is an adjective meaning 'OK'
Yaara: [Normal] בסדר [Slow] בסדר(beseder)
Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning 'I'
Yaara: [Normal] אני [Slow] אני (ani)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'will take'
Yaara: [Normal] אקח [Slow] אקח(ekakh)
Eric: Next is the term used to indicate a direct object.
Yaara: [Normal] את [Slow] את(et)
Eric: Last is the demonstrative pronoun meaning 'It'
Yaara: [Normal] זה [Slow] זה(ze)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'OK, I'll take it.'
Yaara: [Slow] בסדר, אני אקח את זה. [Normal] בסדר, אני אקח את זה.
Eric: Finally, we’ll see how to say 'No, thanks. It's too expensive.'
Yaara: [Normal] לא, תודה. זה יקר מדי.(lo toda, ze yakar midai.)
Eric: First is an adverb meaning 'No'
Yaara: [Normal] לא [Slow] לא(lo)
Eric: Next is the noun meaning 'Thanks’
Yaara: [Normal] תודה [Slow] תודה(toda)
Eric: Next is the demonstrative pronoun meaning 'It'
Yaara: [Normal] זה [Slow] זה(ze)
Eric: Next is the adjective meaning 'Expensive'
Yaara: [Normal] יקר [Slow] יקר(yakar)
Eric: Last is the adverb meaning 'Too’ or ‘overly'
Yaara: [Normal] מדי [Slow] מדי(midai)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'No, thanks. It's too expensive.'
Yaara: [Slow] לא, תודה. זה יקר מדי. [Normal] לא, תודה. זה יקר מדי.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Yaara: A quicker way to ask “How much is it?” is Kama ze? Which literally means “How much?” Even when you ask for a coffee at the counter you can say to the cashier:
Kafe ekhad bevakasha. Kama ze? This means “One coffee please, how much is it?”

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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