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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Hebrew
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Hebrew words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Hebrew phrases in this lesson
- ืื ืฉืืืื?mah shlo-ME-kha?
- How are you?
- ืืื, ืชืืืtov, to-DA
- I'm fine, thanks
- ืืืชื?ve-a-TA?
- And you?
- ืืื ืงืืจืืื ืื?eikh kor-IM le-KHA
- What's your name?
- ืงืืจืืื ืื...kor-IM li
- My name is...
- ืืืืคื ืืชื?me-EI-fo a-TA
- Where are you from?
- ืื ื ื...a-NEE mi
- I'm from...
- ืื ื ืืืื ืืช ืืa-NEE o-HEV et ZEH
- I like it
- ืื ืืคืzeh ya-FE
- It's beautiful
- ืืจืืืื ืืืืืbru-KHIM ha-ba-IM
- Welcome
The formal version, masculine. Use with people you don't know well or elders. Casual versions are far more common in Israel's informal culture.
Literally "good, thanks". ืืกืืจ (be-SE-der), okay, is the other everyday answer.
Always volley it back. "Atah?" (and you?) does the same job. The feminine version is "ve-at?"
Literally "what do they call you?". To a woman: lakh.
To a woman: ืืืืคื ืืช (me-EI-fo at).
"Ani mi-Kanada", I'm from Canada.
A woman says ืืืืืช (o-HE-vet).
Literally "blessed are those who come".