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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sherah: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HebrewPod101.com. This is Beginner Season 1 Lesson 6 - Making a Phone Call in Israel. Sherah Here. |
| Amir: ืฉืืื I'm Amir. |
| Sherah: In this lesson, youโll learn how to use ืื ืฉืืื to ask how someone is doing. The conversation takes place on the phone. |
| Amir: It's between Gil and his aunt, Sara. |
| 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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| ืืื: ืฉืืื ืืืื ืฉืจื, ืื ืฉืืืื? |
| ืฉืจื: ืฉืืื ืืื. ืื ื ืืกืืจ ืืืืจ. |
| ืืื: ืืืชื ืืืืช? |
| ืฉืจื: ืื, ืืืชื ืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืจืืข. |
| ืืื: ืืกืืจ. ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื? |
| ืฉืจื: ืืื ืขืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืกืืจ. |
| ืืื: ืฉืืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืืจื. |
| ืฉืจื: ืชืืื. |
| ืืื: ืื ืฉืืื ื ืื, ืืื ืขืืืื ืืฆืื? |
| ืฉืจื: ืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืืชื ืืกืืฃ ืฉืืืข. |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| ืืื: ืฉืืื ืืืื ืฉืจื, ืื ืฉืืืื? |
| ืฉืจื: ืฉืืื ืืื. ืื ื ืืกืืจ ืืืืจ. |
| ืืื: ืืืชื ืืืืช? |
| ืฉืจื: ืื, ืืืชื ืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืจืืข. |
| ืืื: ืืกืืจ. ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื? |
| ืฉืจื: ืืื ืขืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืกืืจ. |
| ืืื: ืฉืืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืืจื. |
| ืฉืจื: ืชืืื. |
| ืืื: ืื ืฉืืื ื ืื, ืืื ืขืืืื ืืฆืื? |
| ืฉืจื: ืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืืชื ืืกืืฃ ืฉืืืข. |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Gil: Dear Aunt Sarah, how are you? |
| Sarah: Hello Gil. I'm fine. |
| Gil: Is Ethan at home? |
| Sarah: No, heโs at his soccer practice right now. |
| Gil: All right. How is Uncle Haim? |
| Sarah: He's still sick but heโll be okay. |
| Gil: May he have a speedy recovery. |
| Sarah: Thank you. |
| Gil: How is Noy, is she still in the army? |
| Sarah: Yes, she's coming home on the weekend. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Sherah: Israelis are crazy about extracurricular activities like soccer. |
| Amir: Just ask any parent what ืืื or โextracurricular activityโ in Hebrew their child takes, and youโll get a long list of activities their child has done over the years. |
| Sherah: Most parents put their child in at least one ืืื and there are many parents who allow their children to take multiple ืืืืื. |
| Amir: These extracurricular activities start in the preschool years and go all the way up to retirement. |
| Sherah: They can be things like sports, music or even jewelry making and electronics. |
| Amir: Many of these classes are offered by a local community organization called the ืืชื โืก |
| Sherah: They have them all throughout Israel. |
| Amir: The name ืืชื โืก is short for ืืจืื ืชืจืืืช ื ืืขืจ ืืกืคืืจื. |
| Sherah: This means โCenter for Youth Culture and Sportโ. |
| Amir: They aren't the only organization offering extracurricular activities, but theyโre the most prevalent. |
| Sherah: There are also sports groups and other organizations that offer extracurricular sports. |
| Amir: Yes, and there are also music centers that offer music classes. |
| Sherah: So youโll never run out of things to do in Israel, listeners! Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Sherah: Letโs take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Amir: ืื ืฉืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: How isโฆ? |
| Amir: ืื ืฉืืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืื ืฉืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: extracurricular activity |
| Amir: ืืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืืืจืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: soccer |
| Amir: ืืืืจืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืืจืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืจืืข [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: at the moment |
| Amir: ืืจืืข[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืจืืข [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: sick (feminine) |
| Amir: ืืืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืืืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: recovery |
| Amir: ืืืืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืืืืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืฆืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: military |
| Amir: ืฆืื[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืฆืื [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ืกืืฃ ืฉืืืข [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: weekend |
| Amir: ืกืืฃ ืฉืืืข[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ืกืืฃ ืฉืืืข [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 word is.. |
| Amir: ืืจืืข |
| Sherah: meaning โAt the moment". |
| Sherah: This phrase is made of two parts, -ื and ืจืืข. |
| Amir: -ื can mean both โatโ and โasโ. |
| Sherah: And ืจืืข means โmomentโ. |
| Amir: Thereโs another phrase used often in Hebrew with this last word and that is ืจืืข ืจืืข. |
| Sherah: It means โwait a momentโ. |
| Amir: This is one of many double word expressions in Israel. |
| Sherah: Can you give us an example using the phrase ืืจืืข? |
| Amir: Sure. For example, you can say.. ืจื ื ืืฆื ืืฉืืจืืชืื ืืจืืข |
| Sherah: ...which means "Ran is in the bathroom at the moment." |
| Amir: The next phrase we want to talk about is ืฉืืืื ืื |
| Sherah: It means โthat he would have...โ |
| Amir: We hear this phrase when Gil says, ืฉืืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืืจื |
| Sherah: He says โ...that he would have a speedy recoveryโ. |
| Amir: ืฉืืืื ืื often precedes blessings or well wishes in Hebrew. |
| Sherah: In order to direct this to someone other than โhimโ, you change ืื to ืื for her. |
| Amir: Or ืื and ืื for โyouโ in the masculine or feminine. |
| Sherah: For instance, if you want to wish a good day to a man, what would you say? |
| Amir: You would say ืฉืืืื ืื ืืื ืืื |
| Sherah: And for a woman it would be ืฉืืืื ืื ืืื ืืื |
| Amir: Another example is ืฉืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืฉืื |
| Sherah: This means, โthat you would have a happy birthdayโ. |
| Sherah: Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Sherah: In this lesson you will learn how to make small talk on the phone. When you ask someone how they are, you use the question ืื ืฉืืืื. |
| Amir: You can use the first part of this phrase ืื ืฉืืื to ask about someone specific. |
| Sherah: Right, Gil uses this when he asks his Aunt Sara about Uncle Chaim. |
| Amir: He says ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื |
| Sherah: And he also asks about his cousin Noy by saying ืื ืฉืืื ื ืื |
| Amir: You can also use this phrase to ask about him or her saying ืื ืฉืืืื or ืื ืฉืืืื. |
| Sherah: This is not limited to people though, you can also use it for things. |
| Amir: Right, you can ask about the well-being of things too. |
| Sherah: For instance, letโs say someoneโs car has been acting up and you want to ask them how itโs doing at the moment. |
| Amir: For that, you could say ืื ืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืฉืื? |
| Sherah: So, after Gil asks about his Uncle Chaim, Sara answers him using the verb โto beโ or ืืืืืช in the future. |
| Amir: She says, ืืื ืืืื ืืกืืจ |
| Sherah: ืืืื is the future form of โto beโ used with masculine nouns or the pronoun ืืื. |
| Amir: This form was also used in the phrase ืฉืืืื ืื we studied in the vocabulary section. |
| Sherah: Can you give us another example of this form of the verb? |
| Amir: Sure, ืืืื ืืืื ืืกืืจ |
| Sherah: This means โthe dog will be okay.โ |
| Amir: If you use a feminine noun or pronoun, you would use ืชืืื instead of ืืืื. |
| Sherah: Do you have an example of this? |
| Amir: How about ืืืชืืื ืชืืื ืืกืืจ? |
| Sherah: This means โthe female cat will be okay.โ Letโs end with a few sample sentences using both ืื ืฉืืื and the future forms of ืืืืืช in the third person. |
| Amir: The first example is ืื ืฉืืื ืกืืชื ืฉื ืื ื? |
| Sherah: This means โHow is Hannaโs grandmother?โ |
| Amir: Next is ืืืื ืืืื ืืกืืจ |
| Sherah: Meaning, โthe child will be okayโ. |
| Amir: The last example is ืืืกืืื ืชืืื ืืืื |
| Sherah: And this means, โthe party will be goodโ. |
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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