Learn some Hebrew phone manners
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hebrew Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the Phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in Hebrew. |
| Body |
| Eric: First, you'll learn how to say 'Hello’ on the phone in Hebrew. |
| Yaara: [Normal] הלו.(halo.) |
| Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'Hello,’ and is only said when speaking on the phone. |
| Yaara: [Normal] הלו [Slow] הלו (halo) |
| Eric: Listen again to the word meaning 'Hello' |
| Yaara: [Slow] הלו. [Normal] הלו. |
| Eric: Ok, now let's see how to say 'This is Daniel.' |
| Yaara: [Normal] זה דניאל.(ze daniel.) |
| Eric: First is a demonstrative pronoun meaning 'It' |
| Yaara: [Normal] זה [Slow] זה (ze) |
| Eric: Last is the person’s name, 'Daniel' |
| Yaara: [Normal] דניאל [Slow] דניאל(daniel) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'This is Daniel.' |
| Yaara: [Slow] זה דניאל. [Normal] זה דניאל. |
| Eric: Next, we’ll see how to say 'May I talk to Omer?' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אפשר לדבר עם עומר?(efshar ledaber im omer?) |
| Eric: First is an adverb meaning 'Possible' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אפשר [Slow] אפשר(efshar) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to speak’ or ‘to talk' |
| Yaara: [Normal] לדבר [Slow] לדבר(ledaber) |
| Eric: Next is the preposition meaning 'With' |
| Yaara: [Normal] עם [Slow] עם(im) |
| Eric: Last is the person’s name 'Omer.’ |
| Yaara: [Normal] עומר [Slow] עומר(omer) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'May I talk to Omer?' |
| Yaara: [Slow] אפשר לדבר עם עומר? [Normal] אפשר לדבר עם עומר? |
| Eric: Finally, we have the phrase 'I'll call again later.' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אני אתקשר שוב מאוחר יותר.(ani etkasher shuv me'ukhar yoter.) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אני [Slow] אני(ani) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'will call' |
| Yaara: [Normal] אתקשר [Slow] אתקשר(etkasher) |
| Eric: Next is the adverb meaning 'Again' |
| Yaara: [Normal] שוב [Slow] שוב(shuv) |
| Eric: Next is the adjective meaning 'Late' |
| Yaara: [Normal] מאוחר [Slow] מאוחר(me'ukhar) |
| Eric: Last is the adverb meaning 'More' |
| Yaara: [Normal] יותר [Slow] יותר(yoter) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.' |
| Yaara: [Slow] אני אתקשר שוב מאוחר יותר. [Normal] אני אתקשר שוב מאוחר יותר. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Yaara: When answering the phone, Israelis say "halo?". This is the Israeli version of "Hello" in English, but we use it only when speaking on the phone - in person, Israelis will not greet each other with "halo". |
| If someone calls you when you're busy, you can tell them "ani akhzor elekha akhar kakh" - which means "I'll get back to you later". This is casual, but not rude. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson and this series. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in another series! |
| Yaara: להתראות |
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