Learn how to use the verbs 'like' and 'love'
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hebrew Season 1, Lesson 20 - Talking about Your Likes. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and affirmatively answer questions in Hebrew. |
| Body |
| Eric: First, you’ll learn how to ask 'Do you like chocolate?' in Hebrew. |
| Yaara: [Normal] אתה אוהב שוקולד?(ata ohev shokolad?) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'You' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אתה [Slow] אתה (ata) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'Love' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אוהב [Slow] אוהב(ohev) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning 'Chocolate' |
| Yaara: [Normal] שוקולד [Slow] שוקולד(shokolad) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Do you like chocolate?' |
| Yaara: [Slow] אתה אוהב שוקולד? [Normal] אתה אוהב שוקולד? |
| Eric: Ok, now let's see the informal way to say 'Do you like sweets?' |
| Yaara: [Normal] את אוהבת מתוקים?(at ohevet metukim?) |
| Eric: First is a feminine pronoun meaning 'You', |
| Yaara: [Normal] את [Slow] את (at) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'Love' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אוהבת [Slow] אוהבת(ohevet) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning 'Sweets' |
| Yaara: [Normal] מתוקים [Slow] מתוקים(metukim) |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Do you like sweets?' |
| Yaara: [Slow] את אוהבת מתוקים? [Normal] את אוהבת מתוקים? |
| Eric: Next, we’ll learn how to say 'Yes, very much.' |
| Yaara: [Normal] כן, מאוד.(ken, me'od.) |
| Eric: First is an adverb meaning 'Yes' |
| Yaara: [Normal] כן [Slow] כן(ken) |
| Eric: Last is the adverb meaning 'Very' |
| Yaara: [Normal] מאוד [Slow] מאוד(me'od) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Yes, very much.' |
| Yaara: [Slow] כן, מאוד. [Normal] כן, מאוד. |
| Eric: Finally, we have an informal way to say 'Yes, I love them.' |
| Yaara: [Normal] כן, אני מת עליהם.(ken, ani met alehem.) |
| Eric: First is an adverb meaning 'Yes' |
| Yaara: [Normal] כן [Slow] כן(ken) |
| Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning 'I' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אני [Slow] אני(ani) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'Die' |
| Yaara: [Normal] מת [Slow] מת(met) |
| Eric: Last is the preposition meaning 'On them' |
| Yaara: [Normal] עליהם [Slow] עליהם(alehem) |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Yes, I love them.' |
| Yaara: [Slow] כן, אני מת עליהם. [Normal] כן, אני מת עליהם. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Yaara: The verb Le'ehov doesn’t necessarily express romantic feelings. It can express love between a mother and child, or between good friends. Moreover, it can be used to describe one’s likes and dislikes. For example "I like tennis" would be "ani ohev tenis". "No thanks, I don't like pizza" would be "lo toda, ani lo ohev pitza". That’s because in Hebrew, the verb "le'ehov" doesn't necessarily have the same strong connotations or intensity as the verb "to love" has in English. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Yaara: להתראות |
Comments
HideHi Listeners, do you like studying?
Hi Rick!
Thank you for your note and questions! 😊
Regarding your first question, the word את (/at/) is indeed pronounced like "at" in English when referring to "you" in the feminine singular form. The confusion with "et" might come from a typographical error or misunderstanding. It does not change pronunciation based on the sentence or phrase.
As for your question about the app, currently, our comment feature is available on the website, but we are working on expanding it to the app as well. To know when someone has answered you, you would need to check back on the lesson page for any updates.
תודה רבה (Toda raba, "Thank you very much") for your understanding and patience.
Let us know if you have any more questions.
Team HebrewPod101.com
When speaking to a woman about her likes the word for you is את. According to you readers it is pronounced like "at" in English. But when it shows the Romanization in some programs it shows it as "et.". Does the pronunciation change depending on the phrase or sentence?
Also, I was trying to find this comment feature on your App, which I use, but I can't seem to find it. Is it there? Finally, how do I know when someone has answered me? Do I have to just keep checking back on this lesson?
תודה רבה
ריק
Dear Anneke Freeland,
Thank you for commenting and sharing your question!
It might be a little odd, but the phrase "I'm dying on it" is a common way to express love in Hebrew 😅😅
If you want to use the verb "love" instead, then the "עליהם" (alehem) part isn't correct anymore, and the correct phrase would be:
כן, אני אוהב אותם - Ken, ani ohev otam
I hope that helps 😄👍 Please let us know if you have further questions
Best,
Roi
Team HebrewPod101.com
Why: Ken, ani met alehem (Yes,I love them) and not : Ken, ani ohev alehem?
Hi Samuel Santos,
Thanks for commenting! 😄
Please accept this correction for your translation -
אני אוהב ללמוד וגם לאכול שוקולד, שוקולד מריר!
(In Hebrew, "dark chocolate" is actually "bitter chocolate" = "שוקולד מריר")
Keep up the great work 👍
Best,
Roi
Team HebrewPod101.com
ערב טוב. Good night!
Do I like studying, you ask.
Yes, I do. Yeah!. !כֵּן, אֲנִי אוֹהֵב לוֹמֵד. יֵשׁ!
I like studying and also eating chocolate, black chocolate :)
אֲנִי אוֹהֵב לוֹמֵד וְגַם אֲכִילַת שׁוֹקוֹלָד, שָחֹר שׁוֹקוֹלָד :)
It’s very good! זֶה טוֹב מְאוֹד!
ש. סאנטוס
Hi Shelley and Orsi,
Thanks for commenting and for sharing.
@Shelley - this gender issue is under work and I hope we could share some news about it soon... 👍
@Orsi - Well written! What other languages did you learn? 😄
Yours,
Roi
Team HebrewPod101.com
את אוהבת ללמוד?
אני אוהבת ללמוד, במיוחד שפות.
Hello, I have written a sentence and asked a question four comments below and it doesn't look correct to me, would someone please correct it?
Also half of your learners are women, It would be lovely to present the feminine verb for die in the present tense, metah, as you have for "love" to prevent confusion. I see in my sentence below that I and Giarda used the masculine form since the feminine was not presented.
No problem-thank you for improving your site.
Hello Shelley,
You're right.
Let us get back to you as soon as we can.
Thank you for your patience.
Sincerely,
Lena
Team HebrewPod101.com
Shalom Lena, actually" love" is given in two forms and the gender is not listed in the pdf notes and "you "is given in two forms and listed in the notes but the review does not differentiate which is the proper response and that is what is needed to answer correctly-whether the feminine or masculine is requested. Please make the corrections.
Hello Shelley,
Thank you for posting.
The gender is indicated in the Lesson Notes PDF.
Thank you for using our site!
Sincerely,
Lena
Team HebrewPod101.com
Hello friends-please indicate in the review if the masculine or feminine is the expected response for the words "you and love". Thank you.
כן אני אוהבת ללמוד עברית אבל עכשו אני אייפה. אני מת על שוקולד ולא אייפה מדי בשביל זה. Yes, I love to study Hebrew, but now I am tired. I love chocolate and I am not( never) too tired for it. Can I substitute ( af Paam for lo in this sentence)?
אני מת על ללמוד עברית! :)
I really love studying Hebrew!