Learn how to talk about going places
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Intro |
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| Shira: Hello and welcome to Hebrewpod101.com Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 23, Youโre Going Places in Israel. Iโm your host, Shira! |
| Amir: Shalom, Iโm Amir. |
| Shira: In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about going places in Hebrew. |
| Amir: The conversation takes place in town. |
| Shira: Itโs between David, Peter and Sarah. |
| Amir: And itโs informal. |
| Shira: Letโs listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
| Peter: ืืืืื, ืื ืื? |
| (David, mah zeh?) |
| David: ืื ืคืื. ืืชื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืคืืืื? |
| (Zeh pub. Atah ohev lalekhet le-pabim?) |
| Peter: ืืื, ืื. |
| (Akhen, ken.) |
| David: ืื, ื ืื ืืคืื ืืืื ืืขืจื? |
| (Az, nelekh le-pab ha-yom ba-erev?) |
| Peter: ืื ื ืฉืืข ืืื. |
| (Zeh nish'ma tov.) |
| David: ืฉืจื, ืืืื ืืขืจื ืื ื ืืคืืจ ืืืืืื ืืคืื. ืชืืืื ืืืชื ื? |
| (Sarah, ha-yom be-erev ani u-Peter hol'khim le-pab. Tavo'i itanu?) |
| Sarah: ืืื ืืชืืื ื. |
| (L'khu ve-te'hanu.) |
| Shira: Letโs listen to the conversation one more time slowly. |
| Peter: ืืืืื, ืื ืื? |
| (David, mah zeh?) |
| David: ืื ืคืื. ืืชื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืคืืืื? |
| (Zeh pub. Atah ohev lalekhet le-pabim?) |
| Peter: ืืื, ืื. |
| (Akhen, ken.) |
| David: ืื, ื ืื ืืคืื ืืืื ืืขืจื? |
| (Az, nelekh le-pab ha-yom ba-erev?) |
| Peter: ืื ื ืฉืืข ืืื. |
| (Zeh nish'ma tov.) |
| David: ืฉืจื, ืืืื ืืขืจื ืื ื ืืคืืจ ืืืืืื ืืคืื. ืชืืืื ืืืชื ื? |
| (Sarah, ha-yom be-erev ani u-Peter hol'khim le-pab. Tavo'i itanu?) |
| Sarah: ืืื ืืชืืื ื. |
| (L'khu ve-te'hanu.) |
| Shira: Letโs listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Peter: ืืืืื, ืื ืื? |
| (David, mah zeh?) |
| Shira: David, what is this? |
| David: ืื ืคืื. ืืชื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืคืืืื? |
| (Zeh pub. Atah ohev lalekhet le-pabim?) |
| Shira: That's a bar. Do you like going to bars? |
| Peter: ืืื, ืื. |
| (Akhen, ken.) |
| Shira: Indeed, I do. |
| David: ืื, ื ืื ืืคืื ืืืื ืืขืจื? |
| (Az, nelekh le-pab ha-yom ba-erev?) |
| Shira: So, shall we go to a bar tonight? |
| Peter: ืื ื ืฉืืข ืืื. |
| (Zeh nish'ma tov.) |
| Shira: That sounds good. |
| David: ืฉืจื, ืืืื ืืขืจื ืื ื ืืคืืจ ืืืืืื ืืคืื. ืชืืืื ืืืชื ื? |
| (Sarah, ha-yom be-erev ani u-Peter hol'khim le-pab. Tavo'i itanu?) |
| Shira: Sarah, tonight Peter and I are going to a bar. Will you come with us? |
| Sarah: ืืื ืืชืืื ื. |
| (L'khu ve-te'hanu.) |
| Shira: Go and have fun. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Amir: So, what is our cultural insight in this lesson? |
| Shira: Letโs talk about pubs in Israel. They are a bit different than bars or pubs in other countries because Israelis usually donโt go out with the objective to drown themselves in alcohol. |
| Amir: No, we really like the social aspect of bars. We see it as a place to hang out with friends, drink something, eat something and socialize. |
| Shira: If you want to experience a bar or pub in its glory go on a Thursday night, thatโs when the bars in Israel are the most busy. |
| Amir: Thursday is the last day of the work week for most Israelis, so we like to go out and relax on Thursday nights. |
| Shira: You should also go out only at around 10 PM, because thatโs when most Israelis go out. If you go any earlier than that you may find yourself in a near empty bar. |
| Amir: Friday nights are also busy, but itโs usually a younger crowd since most people spend Friday nights with their families. |
| Shira: There are many different types of bars and pubs, so look for one that fits your personality. There are some that are all about the atmosphere, others where people go to dance and cut loose, and others where people like to go as couples. |
| Amir: The food is pretty good in the bars in Israel as well because Israelis like to eat at the bar just as much as they like to drink there. |
| Shira: Sounds good! Now letโs go to the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Amir: ืคืื (pub) [natural native speed] |
| Shira: Pub or bar. |
| Amir: ืคืื (pub) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืคืื (pub) [natural native speed] |
| Amir: ืืืืช/ืืื (La-lekhet/ halakh) [natural native speed] |
| Shira: To go, walk. |
| Amir: ืืืืช/ืืื (La-lekhet/ halakh) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืืช/ืืื (La-lekhet/ halakh) [natural native speed] |
| Amir: ืืืื (Ha-yom) [natural native speed] |
| Shira: Today. |
| Amir: ืืืื (Ha-yom) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืื (Ha-yom) [natural native speed] |
| Amir: ืืืืฉืืข/ื ืฉืืข (le-hishama/ nishโma) [natural native speed] |
| Shira: To sound. |
| Amir: ืืืืฉืืข/ื ืฉืืข (le-hishama/ nishโma) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืืฉืืข/ื ืฉืืข (le-hishama/ nishโma) [natural native speed] |
| Amir: ืืืื/ืื (la-vo/ba) [natural native speed] |
| Shira: To come. |
| Amir: ืืืื/ืื (la-vo/ba) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืื/ืื (la-vo/ba) [natural native speed] |
| Amir: ืืืชื ื (itanu) [natural native speed] |
| Shira: With us. |
| Amir: ืืืชื ื (itanu) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืชื ื (itanu) [natural native speed] |
| Amir: ืืืืื ืืช/ื ืื ื (le-hanot/ nehenah) [natural native speed] |
| Shira: To enjoy. |
| Amir: ืืืืื ืืช/ื ืื ื (le-hanot/ nehenah) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืืื ืืช/ื ืื ื (le-hanot/ nehenah) [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Shira: Let's take a closer look at the vocabulary from this lesson. |
| Amir: The first word is ืคืื (pub) which refers to both a bar and a pub. This term probably became popular in Israel because of the British influence during the British mandate. |
| Shira: Some people also call a pub a ืืจ (bar) in Hebrew. It seems that what you call it depends on what your family and friends call it. |
| Amir: We use both terms in Israel. |
| Shira: The next word is ืืืืฉืืข (Le-hishama), meaning โto soundโ. |
| Amir: This verb is a part of the verb group ื ืคืขื. |
| Shira: You will recognize these verbs by ื ' that precede the root in many of the verb conjugations. |
| Amir: We use this in the expression, ืื ื ืฉืืข ืืื (Zeh nish'ma tov.), just like in the dialogue when we want to say that something sounds good. |
| Shira: Much like we do in English, we shorten it to โsounds goodโ. |
| Amir: We also use it in the greeting ืื ื ืฉืืข (ma nishma?) |
| Shira: This basically means โwhatโs going on?โ I guess if you wanted to translate it directly, it would be โwhat sounds?โ |
| Amir: The last word is ืืืชื ื (itanu). |
| Shira: This word means โwith usโ. The suffix of this word changes according to the pronoun. |
| Amir: With this word, we use suffixes that you see often in Hebrew. For instance, if you wanted to say โwith meโ you would say ืืืชื (iti). |
| Shira: Or if I wanted to say โwith youโ, I would say, ืืืชื (itโkha) and so on. Okay, letโs move on to the Grammar section. |
Lesson focus |
| Shira: In this lesson you will learn how to talk about going places in Hebrew. |
| Amir: We usually use the verb ืืืืช (la-lekhet) for this. |
| Shira: ืืืืช (la-lekhet) means โto goโ or sometimes โto walkโ. |
| Amir: The first time we see this verb in the dialogue, we see it in the infinitive form. David asks Peter ืืชื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืคืืืื? (Atah ohev la-lekhet le-pabim?) |
| Shira: He asked this โ โdo you like to go to pubs?โ |
| Amir: After the verb ืืืืช (la-lekhet), we use the preposition ื- or โtoโ. |
| Shira: Letโs show some examples of ืืืืช (la-lekhet) in the infinitive form. How about โI want to go to the mallโ. |
| Amir: ืื ื ืจืืฆื ืืืืช ืืงื ืืื. (Ani rotzeh la-lechet la-kaniyon.) |
| Shira: How about someone telling their wife that she needs to go shopping? |
| Amir: Ha, ha! I donโt think that happens very often. ืืช ืฆืจืืื ืืืืช ืืงื ืืืช. (At tz'richah la-lechet li-k'niyot.) |
| Shira: โThey love to go to the sea!โ |
| Amir: ืื ืืืืืื ืืืืช ืืื. (Hem ohavim la-lechet la-yam.) |
| Shira: And the last example is โyou (feminine plural) have to go to the supermarket.โ |
| Amir: ืืชื ืืืืืืช ืืืืช ืืกืืคืจ. (Aten ฤงayavot la-lechet la-super.) |
| Shira: All of these sentences talk about going to a destination, so they use a ื- after the verb for the word โtoโ. |
| Amir: We also have an example of ืืืืช (la-lekhet) in the present tense in the dialogue when David tells Sarah ืืืื ืืขืจื ืื ื ืืคืืจ ืืืืืื ืืคืื. (Ha-yom ba-erev ani u-Peter hol'chim le-pab.) |
| Shira: Right, he tells her โToday in the evening Peter and I are going to a pub.โ This is the masculine plural form for ืืืืช (la-lekhet). ืืืืช (la-lekhet) is also in the ืคืขื verb group, so itโs conjugated the same as the other verbs we have learned, like ืืืืื and ืืืืื. |
| Amir: The big difference is that there is a ื' in the root of ืืืืช (la-lekhet) and it doesnโt appear in the infinitive. |
| Shira: We have already seen that this letter disappears a lot and here is another example. |
| Amir: So, the root of ืืืืช (la-lekhet) is ื-ื-ื. |
| Shira: Heh - lamad - khaf. So, first you need to make the verb stem, which means putting a ื' between the first and the second letters. So the verb stem for ืืืืช (la-lekhet) is ืืืื (Holech) and this is also the form for masculine singular. |
| Amir: The other forms are ืืืืืช, ืืืืืื (Hol'chim, Holechet), and ืืืืืืช (Hol'chot). |
| Shira: There is one more place where this verb ืืืืช (la-lekhet) appears in the dialogue and thatโs when Sarah tells the men to โgo and have funโ. |
| Amir: She uses the command form of the verb and says ืืื (L'chu). |
| Shira: When you have the command forms in Hebrew, there are only three โ masculine, feminine and plural. |
| Amir: The masculine is ืื (Lech) and the feminine is ืืื (L'chi). |
| Shira: And as we heard in the dialogue, ืืื (L'chu) is used for the plural. And as you can see from all of the command forms, the ื' drops off from these forms. |
| Amir: So, now you should be able to tell people where you are going and where you want to go. |
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