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INTRODUCTION
Sherah: Hello and welcome back to hebrewpod101.com. This is Lower Beginner Series Season 1, Lesson 22 - Apartment Hunting in Israel. I’m your host, Sherah!
Amir: And I’m Amir.
Sherah: In this lesson, you will learn about the verb group nif’al.
Amir: The conversation takes place in the kibbutz in the evening.
Sherah: It’s between Anna and Ofir.
Amir: The speakers are friends so they’ll be using informal Hebrew.
Sherah: Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
אנה: אופיר, אתה יכול לעזור לי למצוא דירה?
Anna: Ofir, Atah yakhol la-azor li lim’tzo dirah?
אופיר: כן, כמובן.
Ofir: Ken, ca-muvan.
אנה: איך אומרים בד-רום בעברית
Anna: Ei’kh om’rim “bedroom” be-ivrit?
אופיר: בד-רום נקרא חדר שינה.
Ofir: Bedroom nikra ħadar sheinah.
אנה: (מחפשת במודעות לדירות) אני לא מבינה. לכל הדירות יש שני חדרים... אז יש להם שני חדרי שינה?.
Anna: (meħapeset ba-moda’ot le-dirot) Ani lo mevinah. Le-kol ha-dirot yesh shne ħadarim... az yesh lahem shne’i ħad’re’i sheinah
אופיר: לא. פה בארץ, הסלון גם נחשב לחדר אחד. אז יש להם חדר שינה אחד וסלון..
Ofir: Lo, Po ba-aretz, ha-salon gam neħ’shav le-ħeder eħad. Az yesh la-hem ħeder sheinah eħad ve-salon.
אנה: עכשיו הבנתי. תודה.
Anna: Akh’shav hevan’ti. Todah.
אופיר: הנה, הדירה הזאת נראית יפה.
Ofir: Hineh, ha-dirah ha-zot nir’et yafah.
אנה: נכון! אני כבר מתקשרת! Anna: Nakhon! Ani k’var mit’kasheret.
Sherah: Let’s listen to the conversation one more time, slowly.
אנה: אופיר, אתה יכול לעזור לי למצוא דירה?
Anna: Ofir, Atah yakhol la-azor li lim’tzo dirah?
אופיר: כן, כמובן.
Ofir: Ken, ca-muvan.
אנה: איך אומרים בד-רום בעברית
Anna: Ei’kh om’rim “bedroom” be-ivrit?
אופיר: בד-רום נקרא חדר שינה.
Ofir: Bedroom nikra ħadar sheinah.
אנה: (מחפשת במודעות לדירות) אני לא מבינה. לכל הדירות יש שני חדרים... אז יש להם שני חדרי שינה?.
Anna: (meħapeset ba-moda’ot le-dirot) Ani lo mevinah. Le-kol ha-dirot yesh shne ħadarim... az yesh lahem shne’i ħad’re’i sheinah
אופיר: לא. פה בארץ, הסלון גם נחשב לחדר אחד. אז יש להם חדר שינה אחד וסלון..
Ofir: Lo, Po ba-aretz, ha-salon gam neħ’shav le-ħeder eħad. Az yesh la-hem ħeder sheinah eħad ve-salon.
אנה: עכשיו הבנתי. תודה.
Anna: Akh’shav hevan’ti. Todah.
אופיר: הנה, הדירה הזאת נראית יפה.
Ofir: Hineh, ha-dirah ha-zot nir’et yafah.
אנה: נכון! אני כבר מתקשרת! Anna: Nakhon! Ani k’var mit’kasheret.
Sherah: Now, let’s hear it with the English translation.
אנה: אופיר, אתה יכול לעזור לי למצוא דירה?
Anna: Ofir, Atah yakhol la-azor li lim’tzo dirah?
Anna: Ofir, can you help me find an apartment?
אופיר: כן, כמובן.
Ofir: Ken, ca-muvan.
Ofir: Yes, of course.
אנה: איך אומרים בד-רום בעברית
Anna: Ei’kh om’rim “bedroom” be-ivrit?
Anna: How do you say bedroom in Hebrew?
אופיר: בד-רום נקרא חדר שינה.
Ofir: Bedroom nikra ħadar sheinah.
Ofir: Bedroom is called ħadar sheinah.
אנה: (מחפשת במודעות לדירות) אני לא מבינה. לכל הדירות יש שני חדרים... אז יש להם שני חדרי שינה?.
Anna: (meħapeset ba-moda’ot le-dirot) Ani lo mevinah. Le-kol ha-dirot yesh shne ħadarim... az yesh lahem shne’i ħad’re’i sheinah
Anna: (looking at ads for apartments) I don't understand. All the apartments have two rooms... does that mean two bedrooms?
אופיר: לא. פה בארץ, הסלון גם נחשב לחדר אחד. אז יש להם חדר שינה אחד וסלון..
Ofir: Lo, Po ba-aretz, ha-salon gam neħ’shav le-ħeder eħad. Az yesh la-hem ħeder sheinah eħad ve-salon.
Ofir: No. Here in Israel, the living room is considered one room. So they have one bedroom and a living room.
אנה: עכשיו הבנתי. תודה.
Anna: Akh’shav hevan’ti. Todah.
Anna: Now I understand. Thanks.
אופיר: הנה, הדירה הזאת נראית יפה.
Ofir: Hineh, ha-dirah ha-zot nir’et yafah.
Ofir: Here, this apartment looks good.
אנה: נכון! אני כבר מתקשרת! Anna: Nakhon! Ani k’var mit’kasheret.
Anna: You're right! I'm already calling.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Sherah: Okay Amir, let’s talk apartments! Many young people rent apartments, especially in the bigger cities.
Amir: The number of rooms an apartment here is counted by adding the bedrooms and the living room together.
Sherah: So, a three room apartment is a two-bedroom apartment.
Amir: Apartments are listed in both dollars and shekels.
Sherah: If the price is in dollars, you have to agree with the landlord on what the conversion rate will be and how often that will change.
Amir: When you rent, most landlords want a 2-month deposit when you move in.
Sherah: The period of rental is usually negotiated between you and should be written into the contract.
Amir: On top of the rental price, you will pay a fee for general upkeep of the grounds and stairwell of the apartment.
Sherah: Yes, and you will also pay municipal taxes, which are called ‘arnona’. Let’s move on to the vocabulary for this lesson.
VOCAB LIST
Sherah: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
Sherah: The first word we shall see is...
Amir: חדר [natural native speed]
Sherah: room
Amir: חדר [slowly - broken down by syllable] חדר [natural native speed]
Sherah: Next
Amir: לעזור [natural native speed]
Sherah: to help
Amir: לעזור [slowly - broken down by syllable] לעזור [natural native speed]
Sherah: Next
Amir: רק [natural native speed]
Sherah: only
Amir: רק [slowly - broken down by syllable] רק [natural native speed]
Sherah: Next
Amir: להיחשב [natural native speed]
Sherah: to be considered
Amir: להיחשב [slowly - broken down by syllable] להיחשב [natural native speed]
Sherah: Next
Amir: כמובן [natural native speed]
Sherah: of course
Amir: כמובן [slowly - broken down by syllable] כמובן [natural native speed]
Sherah: Next
Amir: להבין [natural native speed]
Sherah: to understand
Amir: להבין [slowly - broken down by syllable] להבין [natural native speed]
Sherah: Next
Amir: דירה [natural native speed]
Sherah: apartment
Amir: דירה [slowly - broken down by syllable] דירה [natural native speed]
Sherah: Next
Amir: סלון [natural native speed]
Sherah: living room
Amir: סלון [slowly - broken down by syllable] סלון [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Sherah: Let’s take a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson.
Amir: The first word that we want to talk about is דירה. A דירה is an apartment or a flat.
Sherah: Here are two very different types of apartments, the first one is דירת גג or “penthouse.”
Amir: The second one is דירת חדר and that is a “studio apartment.”
Sherah: Both of those are smichuts, and that is why דירה changes to דירת.
Amir: The second word that we want to talk about is כמובן or “certainly.”
Sherah: This can also mean “of course”. It can be broken down into two parts.
Amir: Right, the first is -כ meaning “as” and the second part is מובן or “understood.”
Sherah: “As understood”... of course.
Amir: There is another expression that uses the word מובן and that is מובן מאליו.
Sherah: This is also translated as “of course”.
Amir: Translated word-for-word it would be “understood above that”.
Sherah: “Self-evident” would be a good translation of it too. Okay, let’s move on to the Grammar.
GRAMMAR POINT
Sherah: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about the verb group נפעל.
Amir: נפעל is one of three verb groups that expresses the passive voice.
Sherah: Nif’al verbs are not just passive though, they can also be active or have a reciprocal meaning, so they are quite diverse.
Amir: You will recognize nif’al verbs by the נ that comes before the root letters in the past and present tenses.
Sherah: Nif’al is related to pa’al as the passive forms of pa’al verbs are expressed in nif’al.
Amir: For instance, the verb לחשוב is from the pa’al verb group. It means “to think” or “to consider”.
Sherah: The nif’al equivalent of לחשוב is להיחשב and it means “to be considered” or “to be thought of”.
Amir: So as you can see, these two verbs are directly related, but one is active and the other passive.
Sherah: Right, they both have the same root letters, so they both share the same root meaning. Let’s go over the four present tense conjugations, starting with masculine singular.
Amir: נחשב
Sherah: If you see the vowels for this word, you will read neħ’shav, but most Israelis will say niħ’shav. Moving on to the feminine singular -
Amir: נחשבת
Sherah: Masculine plural
Amir: נחשבים
Sherah: feminine plural.
Amir: נחשבות.
Sherah: The sentence that has this word in it from the dialogue was - “Here in Israel, the living room is considered one room.”
Amir: The Hebrew for that sentence is - פה בארץ, הסלון גם נחשב לחדר
Sherah: Later on in the dialogue, Ofir uses another nif’al verb להיקרא or “to be called”.
Amir: He says - "בד-רום" נקרא חדר שינה
Sherah: “Bedroom” is called ħadar shenah. Right, here are the four present tense forms of להיקרא
Amir: נקרא, נקראת, נקראים נקראות-
Sherah: As always in the present tense, the same endings are used here. Let’s move on to a few example sentences. Amir will give the Hebrew and I will give the English -
Amir: האוטו שלי נקרא יוסי..
Sherah: My car is called Yossi.
Amir: הגבינה נשמרת במקרר..
Sherah: The cheese is kept in the refrigerator.
Amir: החתולות נזהרות בגלל הכלב..
Sherah: “The cats (fem.) are being careful because of the dog.”

Outro

Sherah: Well, that’s it for this lesson.
Amir: Make sure you check the lesson notes, and we’ll see you next time.
Amir: Thanks everyone,
Sherah: Bye!

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