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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sherah: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HebrewPod101.com. This is Beginner Season 1 Lesson 5 - Finding a Restaurant in Israel. Sherah here. |
| Amir: ืฉืืื I'm Amir. |
| Sherah: In this lesson, youโll learn how to ask for directions using the word ืืืคืฉ. The conversation takes place at the hotel. |
| Amir: It's between Doron and the concierge. |
| Sherah: The speakers are in a casual setting, so theyโll be using informal Hebrew. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| ืืืจืื: ืฉืืื, ืื ื ืืืคืฉ ืืกืขืื ืืืื ืืืืืจ. |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืืฉ ืืกืขืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืืืืช. |
| ืืืจืื: ืืื ืื ื ืืืืข ืืืืืืช? |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืืชื ืืืฆื ืืืืืช, ืคืื ื ืฉืืืื. ืืฉ ืฉื ืชืื ืช ืืืืืืืก. |
| ืืืจืื: ืืืื ืงื ืืืืืืืก ื ืืกืข ืืืืืืช? |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืงื 16 ืืืืข ืืฆืืืช ืงืจืื ืืืืืืช. |
| ืืืจืื: ืืกืืจ. |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืืืฆืืืช ืืชื ืืืื 200 ืืืจ ืืจืื ืืืืืื ืืื. |
| ืืืจืื: ืชืืื ืจืื. |
| ืฉืืขืจ: ืืืงืฉื. |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| ืืืจืื: ืฉืืื, ืื ื ืืืคืฉ ืืกืขืื ืืืื ืืืืืจ. |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืืฉ ืืกืขืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืืืืช. |
| ืืืจืื: ืืื ืื ื ืืืืข ืืืืืืช? |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืืชื ืืืฆื ืืืืืช, ืคืื ื ืฉืืืื. ืืฉ ืฉื ืชืื ืช ืืืืืืืก. |
| ืืืจืื: ืืืื ืงื ืืืืืืืก ื ืืกืข ืืืืืืช? |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืงื 16 ืืืืข ืืฆืืืช ืงืจืื ืืืืืืช. |
| ืืืจืื: ืืกืืจ. |
| ืฉืืขืจืช: ืืืฆืืืช ืืชื ืืืื 200 ืืืจ ืืจืื ืืืืืื ืืื. |
| ืืืจืื: ืชืืื ืจืื. |
| ืฉืืขืจ: ืืืงืฉื. |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Doron: Hello, Iโm looking for a good restaurant in the area. |
| Concierge: There are good restaurants along the promenade. |
| Doron: How do I get to the promenade? |
| Concierge: You walk out the door and turn to the left. There's a bus stop there. |
| Doron: Which bus travels to the promenade? |
| Concierge: Bus number 16 reaches the intersection near the promenade. |
| Doron: Okay. |
| Concierge: From the intersection youโre going to walk 200 meters toward the sea. |
| Doron: Thank you very much. |
| Concierge: You're welcome. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Sherah: There are several nice boardwalks in Israel. The most popular one is in Tel Aviv on the beach. |
| Amir: The boardwalk, or ืืืืืช, runs along the beach from the old port all the way down to Jaffa. |
| Sherah: There are swimming beaches, restaurants and hotels all the way up and down the boardwalk. |
| Amir: Itโs also a great place to walk, run or ride bikes. |
| Sherah: There is another popular boardwalk is in Jerusalem. |
| Amir: This boardwalk is an urban boardwalk and itโs bordered on both sides by fast food restaurants and shops. |
| Sherah: There are places to sit and relax all along the boardwalk. |
| Amir: Another nice boardwalk is the one in Eilat. |
| Sherah: This one borders the Red Sea. |
| Amir: Youโll find restaurants and shops along this boardwalk. |
| Sherah: What makes it a little different is that itโs lined with all sorts of stands with artists and craft vendors. |
| Amir: Itโs definitely a nice place to find local craftsmen. |
| Sherah: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Sherah: Letโs take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Amir: ืืืคืฉ [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: to look for |
| Amir: ืืืคืฉ[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืคืฉ [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืกืขืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: restaurant |
| Amir: ืืกืขืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืกืขืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืืืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: boardwalk |
| Amir: ืืืืืช[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: how |
| Amir: ืืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: door |
| Amir: ืืืช[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืคื ืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: to turn |
| Amir: ืืคื ืืช[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืคื ืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืงื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: line |
| Amir: ืงื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืงื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืฆืืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: intersection |
| Amir: ืฆืืืช[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืฆืืืช [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืงืจืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: near |
| Amir: ืงืจืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืงืจืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: direction |
| Amir: ืืืืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืืื [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Sherah: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is.. |
| Amir: ืืืคืฉ ืืกืขืื |
| Sherah: meaning "to look for a restaurant". |
| Sherah: The first word of this phrase is ืืืคืฉ which is a verb meaning โto look forโ or โto search forโ. |
| Amir: This verb doesn't need a preposition following it like it does in English. |
| Sherah: The second word is ืืกืขืื meaning โrestaurantโ. |
| Amir: When you want to talk about searching for something in general, you only need to use the verb and the object. |
| Sherah: Yes, like in the dialogue, when Doron says ืื ื ืืืคืฉ ืืกืขืื. |
| Amir: If you want to talk about something specific, you need to use the preposition ืืช in between the verb and the direct object. |
| Sherah: Yes, as you do with all direct objects without other prepositions in Hebrew. Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Amir: Sure. For example, you can say.. ืื ื ืืืคืฉ ืืช ืืขืืคืจืื |
| Sherah: ...which means "I am looking for the pencil" |
| Amir: The next phrase weโll talk about is ืืคื ืืช ืฉืืืื. |
| Sherah: This means, โto turn leftโ. |
| Amir: In the dialogue, the concierge explains to Doron what he should do to get to the restaurant. She tells him to go out the door and turn left or ืคืื ื ืฉืืืื. |
| Sherah: As a full sentence, this would be ืืชื ืคืื ื ืฉืืืื but ืืชื was in the beginning of the sentence and didn't need to be repeated. |
| Amir: If the concierge were telling this to a woman, she would say ืืช ืคืื ื ืฉืืืื. |
| Sherah: And if she were to tell Doron to turn right, she would say ืืชื ืคืื ื ืืืื ื. |
| Amir: Or for a woman, ืืช ืคืื ื ืืืื ื. |
| Sherah: So, letโs have an example of this phrase in a sentence. |
| Amir: ืืืืืจ ืืชื ืคืื ื ืืืื ื |
| Sherah: Thatโs โAt the traffic circle, you turn right.โ |
| Sherah: Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Amir: In this lesson, you will learn how to ask for directions. The focus of this lesson is the verb ืืืืืข and hifโil verbs in general. |
| Sherah: The last group of active verbs we have yet to take a look at in this series is hifโil verbs. |
| Amir: This is the least used group of active verbs. |
| Sherah: The verb ืืืืืข from the dialogue is part of this verb group. |
| Amir: Doron uses this verb to ask how to get to the boardwalk when he says ืืื ืื ื ืืืืข ืืืืืืช. |
| Sherah: Letโs run through the four forms of ืืืืืข in the present tense. |
| Amir: Weโll start with the masculine singular form ืืืืข |
| Sherah: And the feminine singular: |
| Amir: ืืืืขื |
| Sherah: The Masculine plural: |
| Amir: ืืืืขืื |
| Sherah: And the Feminine plural: |
| Amir: ืืืืขืืช |
| Sherah: As with all verbs in the present tense from the other verb groups, with the exception of the feminine singular, these verbs have the same endings. |
| Amir: Right, and the feminine singular ends in ื- in this verb group. |
| Sherah: Hifโil verbs begin with -ื and have an โeeโ sound between the second and last root letters. |
| Amir: The sentence Doron uses is a very good one to know in Hebrew when you want to ask how to get somewhere. |
| Sherah: Yes, you can use it for many different situations. |
| Amir: For instance, you could say ืืื ืื ื ืืืืข ืืืืืืช? |
| Sherah: Or โHow do I get to the grocery store?โ |
| Amir: Or you could say, โืืื ืื ื ืืืืข ืืืืช ืฉื ืกืืชื?โ |
| Sherah: โHow do I get to Grandmaโs house?โ |
| Amir: If you are a woman, you would use the feminine form or ืืืืขื. |
| Sherah: So, for the last example, I would say ืืื ืื ื ืืืืขื ืืืืช ืฉื ืกืืชื? |
| Amir: Later in the dialogue, the concierge used ืืืืืข when he says ืงื 16 ืืืืข ืืืืืืช. |
| Sherah: Right, he says this when he says that the line 16 bus reaches the intersection near the promenade. |
| Amir: In this sentence, he uses the masculine singular form of the verb because it agrees with ืงื or โlineโ. |
| Sherah: Letโs hear some sample sentences using the verb ืืืืืข. |
| Amir: The first sentence is: ืืืจืื ืืืืข ืืืืืืช |
| Sherah: That is, โDoron is arriving at the boardwalkโ. |
| Amir: Next is: ืืื ืืืืขืื ืืจืืืช? |
| Sherah: โHow does one get to the train?โ |
| Amir: The last example is ืืจืืืช ืืืืขื ืืชืื ืช ืืจืืืช |
| Sherah: Which means โThe train is arriving at the train station.โ |
Outro |
| Sherah: Okay, thatโs all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and weโll see you next time! Bye! |
| Amir: ืชืืื |
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