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Intro

Shira: Hello and welcome to HebrewPod101.com’s Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 10 - Is This Your Israeli House? I’m your host, Shira.
Amir: Shalom, I’m Amir.
Shira: In this lesson, you will learn more about possession in Hebrew.
Amir: The conversation takes place at David’s house.
Shira: It’s between Peter and David.
Amir: The dialogue is informal.
Shira: Let’s listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

Peter: זה הבית שלך, דוויד?
(Zeh ha-bayit shel’kha, David?)
David: כן, היכנס.
(Ken, hikanes.)
Peter: תודה.
(Todah.)
Dog: הב-הב
(Hav-hav.)
Peter: וזה הכלב שלך,דוויד?
(Ve-zeh ha-kelev shel’kha, David?)
David: כן, קוראים לו דובי.
(Ken, kor’im lo Dubi.)
Dog: הב-הב
(Hav-hav.)
Shira: Let’s listen to the conversation one more time slowly.
Peter: זה הבית שלך, דוויד?
(Zeh ha-bayit shel’kha, David?)
David: כן, היכנס.
(Ken, hikanes.)
Peter: תודה.
(Todah.)
Dog: הב-הב
(Hav-hav.)
Peter: וזה הכלב שלך,דוויד?
(Ve-zeh ha-kelev shel’kha, David?)
David: כן, קוראים לו דובי.
(Ken, kor’im lo Dubi.)
Dog: הב-הב
(Hav-hav.)
Shira: Let’s listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Peter: זה הבית שלך, דוויד?
(Zeh ha-bayit shel’kha, David?)
Shira: Is this your house, David?
David: כן, היכנס.
(Ken, hikanes.)
Shira: Yes, come in.
Peter: תודה.
(Todah.)
Shira: Thanks.
Dog: הב-הב
(Hav-hav.)
Shira: Woof woof.
Peter: וזה הכלב שלך,דוויד?
(Ve-zeh ha-kelev shel’kha, David?)
Shira: And this is your dog, David?
David: כן, קוראים לו דובי.
(Ken, kor’im lo Dubi.)
Shira: Yes, he’s called Dubi.
Dog: הב-הב
(Hav-hav.)
Shira: Woof woof.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Shira: Amir, what can you tell us about animals in Israel?
Amir: Well, unfortunately, most of the animals in Israel are not wild.
Shira: Yes, most of the wild animals in Israel have been pushed out by human inhabitants. Although there are now efforts to reintroduce native animals back into Israel.
Amir: But the most prominent animal in Israel is the cat.
Shira: Yes, overwhelmingly so. Many people are startled by this the first time they visit Israel.
Amir: Originally, British brought them in during the British Mandate to deal with the rodent population and they just stayed.
Shira: So now there are stray cats everywhere.
Amir: There are some efforts to control them, but it’s not enough to keep the situation quite under control.
Shira: So the cats are on their own and have to scavenge for their food. But there are many people who put out scraps for them and sometimes even adopt them.
Amir: We’ve become accustomed to them. It’s just another part of life in Israel.
Shira: The life of a cat.
VOCAB LIST
Shira: Now let’s go to the vocabulary for this lesson. First we have:
Amir: בית (bait) [natural native speed]
Shira: House or home.
Amir: בית (bait) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. בית (bait) [natural native speed]
Shira: Next:
Amir: שלך (shel’cha) [natural native speed]
Shira: Your or yours (masculine).
Amir: שלך (shel’cha) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. שלך (shel’cha) [natural native speed]
Shira: Next:
Amir: להיכנס/נכנס (Le-hikanes/ nikh'nas) [natural native speed]
Shira: To enter.
Amir: להיכנס/נכנס (Le-hikanes/ nikh'nas) [slowly - broken down by syllable].
להיכנס/נכנס (Le-hikanes/ nikh'nas) [natural native speed]
Shira: Next:
Amir: הב-הב (hav-hav) [natural native speed]
Shira: Woof woof.
Amir: הב-הב (hav-hav) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. הב-הב (hav-hav) [natural native speed]
Shira: And last:
Amir: כלב (kelev) [natural native speed]
Shira: Dog.
Amir: כלב (kelev) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. כלב (kelev) [natural native speed]
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
Shira: Let’s take a closer look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is בית (bait).
Amir: בית (bait), it means both “house” and “home”.
Shira: Yes, it can take on both meanings depending on the context.
Amir: Our next word is להיכנס (Le-hikanes), this means “to enter”.
Shira: The form that was used in the dialogue is the command form, היכנס (Hikanes).
Amir: Our next vocabulary word is a fun one, הב-הב (hav-hav).
Shira: Yes, that’s what a dog says in Hebrew. It’s always interesting to hear what animals say in different languages.
Amir: The last vocabulary word is כלב (kelev) or “dog”.
Shira: And as it is in English, the feminine form כלבה (kal'bah) can also be used as a derogatory word, so be careful with it. Okay, let’s move on to the grammar section.

Lesson focus

Shira: In this lesson you will learn how to show possession in Hebrew.
Amir: Didn’t we go over that in another lesson already?
Shira: We did, but we want to go a little further with it and give our listeners a little more to build on.
Amir: Okay, sounds good. There’s always more to learn.
Shira: There is. The phrase we want to look at from the dialogue is ?זה הבית שלך
(Zeh ha-bayit shel'kha?)
Amir: So as we learned in Lesson 4, the most common way to show possession in spoken Hebrew is by using the word של (shel) or “of.”
Shira: You can use pronoun suffixes to say who the item belongs to, or you can follow the של (shel) with the name of a person, animal or thing.
Amir: This is basically what we’ve already learned. So now let’s add to that.
Shira: Right. So one important item that needs to be included in this possessive phrase is the word “the” or ה- (ha-).
Amir: In the dialogue, Peter said זה ה-בית שלך? (Zeh ha-bayit shel’kha?)
Shira: If you translate this directly into English, it may sound funny, but it’s important in Hebrew.
Amir: The direct translation is “is this the house of you?”
Shira: The ה- (ha) of “the” is important because you’re talking about a specific house. If you didn’t have the ה- you would be asking “is this a house of you?”.
Amir: So you need to add the ה- (ha-) even though it may seem weird to you in the beginning.
Shira: When you’re not talking about something specific you can leave off the ה- (ha-).
Amir: Let’s look at an example of the difference between the two. התיק שלי (Ha-tik sheli) is “my bag” in English.
Shira: And when you leave off the ה- (ha-) and say תיק שלי (Tik sheli), you’re saying “a bag of mine”.
Amir: It’s amazing how one little letter can make a big difference. So when you’re talking about something specific, make sure to add the ה- (ha-).

Outro

Shira: Okay, that’s it for this lesson.
Amir: Be sure to visit HebrewPod101.com and leave us a comment!
Shira: See you next time!
Amir: Le-hit’ra’ot!

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