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| Hi everyone, Idit here. Welcome to Hebrew Top Words. Today we're going to talk about 10 Phrases for Surviving Back to School. Let's get started! |
| 1. |
| תיק גב |
| (tik gav) "backpack" |
| אני שמה הכל בתיק הגב שלי. |
| (Ani sama hakol betik hagav sheli.) ”I carry everything in my backpack.” |
| I put everything in my backpack. It's actually really true. You know how some people like change up their bags and you know they have one for this and one for that. |
| And I have just like one that I carry around and it's kinda heavy and has everything but what can you do? It's just that it's easier like that. |
| 2. |
| תלמיד |
| (talmid) "student" |
| בתיכון הייתי תלמיד ממוצע. |
| (ba-ti'khon haiyti talmid me'mutza.) "I was an average student in high school." |
| No, I wasn't. I was a very good student, everytime. |
| And also in Hebrew, the word for a student in school and the student in the University is different. We say, תלמיד (talmid) for school and for university we say, student. |
| 3. |
| שיעורי בית |
| (shi'ure'i bayit) "homework" |
| יש לנו שיעורי בית באנגלית. |
| (Yesh lanu shi’ure’i bayit be-anglit.) "We have English homework." |
| Literal translation of שיעורי בית (shi'ure'i bayit) is house classes or house studying. So even though nobody's teaching you it's still considered like a class and not a task. |
| 4. |
| בחינה |
| (bkhina) "exam" |
| מתי מתקיימת הבחינה הסופית שלך? |
| (matai mitkayemet ha`bkhina ha`sofit shelkha?) "When is your final exam taking place?" |
| Yeah, do you guys like exams and tests? I was kinda okay with it. |
| I don't know it's just that all this studying finally leads to something and then you finished it and you feel so relieved then you just know like, okay this is done. Accomplished! |
| 5. |
| מחברת |
| (makh'beret) "notebook" |
| יש לי מחברת נפרדת לכל שיעור. |
| (Yesh li mach'beret nifredet le-kol shi'ur.) "I have a separate notebook for each class." |
| I used to have like this notebook binder. When I was first grade, I didn't have like those big spiral notebooks that people have when they're older. I have this small ones that are you know, just clip together and they are all sorts colors and also characters and I put all of my notebooks in a binder that had like a barbie on it. |
| 6. |
| בית ספר |
| (beit sefer) "school" |
| לוקח לי חמש דקות להגיע לבית ספר. |
| (Loke’ach li ħamesh dakot le-hagi’a le-be’it sefer.) "It takes me 5 minutes to get to school." |
| Literal translation of the combination בית ספר (beit sefer) actually means book house and it's not a library, it's a school. There's a different name for a library, בית ספר (beit sefer) is like where you open a book and learn. Yeah. |
| 7. |
| ללמוד |
| (lilmod) "to study" |
| אתם נהנים ללמוד עברית? |
| (atem nehenim lilmod ivrit?) "Do you enjoy studying Hebrew?" |
| Of course, you are! In Hebrew, the word ללמוד (lilmod) means study and learn. It's use for both, I know in English, it's also sometimes the same thing but studying I guess is more proactive and learning is more passive but in Hebrew it's the same word for both. |
| 8. |
| זהו היום הראשון ללימודים. |
| (zehu ha'yom ha'rishon la'limudim.) "It's the first day of class." |
| Do you like the first day of class? School, all through the year is like from elementary school to like high school, I really liked it because I enjoyed seeing my friends again and stuff like that but in University, it like, it wasn't really bad. I don't know why. |
| 9. |
| אנחנו באותה כיתה! |
| (anakhnu be'ota kita!) "We're in the same class!" |
| Every year, you would, in Israel at least, you would only discover, like, who are your classmates, I think, only on the first day. If you have like your best buddies like, "we're in the same class" and then you would sit together on the same table. Just like that. Exciting! |
| 10. |
| איזה שיעורים אתה לוקח? |
| (eize shiurim ata lokeakh?) "What classes are you taking?" |
| You really don't have a choice when you're in high school it's like, "Oh! What are you taking?" It's like whatever. Whatever they tell me to do. |
| In University, you choose your own classes and then you can ask like, “Oh! Are you taking this?” “Are you taking this?” This is really bad! I did it last year. It's really boring. Blah blah blah! |
| So that's it! We're done for today. We talked about 10 Phrases in Hebrew for Surviving Back to School. Please tell me about your back to school experiences, like are you going back to school this year? Are you going to University? Are you just starting up? Are you excited? Are you nervous? Share down below. Comment on this video, and I'll see you all next time! Bye! |
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