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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hebrew Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the Phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in Hebrew.
Body
Eric: First, you'll learn how to say 'Hello’ on the phone in Hebrew.
Yaara: [Normal] הלו.(halo.)
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'Hello,’ and is only said when speaking on the phone.
Yaara: [Normal] הלו [Slow] הלו (halo)
Eric: Listen again to the word meaning 'Hello'
Yaara: [Slow] הלו. [Normal] הלו.
Eric: Ok, now let's see how to say 'This is Daniel.'
Yaara: [Normal] זה דניאל.(ze daniel.)
Eric: First is a demonstrative pronoun meaning 'It'
Yaara: [Normal] זה [Slow] זה (ze)
Eric: Last is the person’s name, 'Daniel'
Yaara: [Normal] דניאל [Slow] דניאל(daniel)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'This is Daniel.'
Yaara: [Slow] זה דניאל. [Normal] זה דניאל.
Eric: Next, we’ll see how to say 'May I talk to Omer?'
Yaara: [Normal] אפשר לדבר עם עומר?(efshar ledaber im omer?)
Eric: First is an adverb meaning 'Possible'
Yaara: [Normal] אפשר [Slow] אפשר(efshar)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to speak’ or ‘to talk'
Yaara: [Normal] לדבר [Slow] לדבר(ledaber)
Eric: Next is the preposition meaning 'With'
Yaara: [Normal] עם [Slow] עם(im)
Eric: Last is the person’s name 'Omer.’
Yaara: [Normal] עומר [Slow] עומר(omer)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'May I talk to Omer?'
Yaara: [Slow] אפשר לדבר עם עומר? [Normal] אפשר לדבר עם עומר?
Eric: Finally, we have the phrase 'I'll call again later.'
Yaara: [Normal] אני אתקשר שוב מאוחר יותר.(ani etkasher shuv me'ukhar yoter.)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I'
Yaara: [Normal] אני [Slow] אני(ani)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'will call'
Yaara: [Normal] אתקשר [Slow] אתקשר(etkasher)
Eric: Next is the adverb meaning 'Again'
Yaara: [Normal] שוב [Slow] שוב(shuv)
Eric: Next is the adjective meaning 'Late'
Yaara: [Normal] מאוחר [Slow] מאוחר(me'ukhar)
Eric: Last is the adverb meaning 'More'
Yaara: [Normal] יותר [Slow] יותר(yoter)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.'
Yaara: [Slow] אני אתקשר שוב מאוחר יותר. [Normal] אני אתקשר שוב מאוחר יותר.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Yaara: When answering the phone, Israelis say "halo?". This is the Israeli version of "Hello" in English, but we use it only when speaking on the phone - in person, Israelis will not greet each other with "halo".
If someone calls you when you're busy, you can tell them "ani akhzor elekha akhar kakh" - which means "I'll get back to you later". This is casual, but not rude.

Outro

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

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