Learn 10 ways to say hello
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| Hi everybody, Idit here. Welcome to Hebrew Top Words, and today we're going to talk about 10 Ways to Say Hello. |
| Let's get started. |
| 1. |
| בוקר טוב. |
| (Boker tov) "Good morning." |
| Some people, if they're having, like, kind of a bad morning and they don't want to say "good morning," or |
| בוקר טוב. |
| (Boker tov) |
| They would just say, like, |
| בוקר |
| (Boker) "morning." Obviously. |
| 2. |
| שלום! |
| (shalom!) "Hello." |
| שלום (shalom) also means "peace" in Hebrew, so it's kinda... Peace! |
| 3. |
| הרבה זמן לא התראנו. |
| (Harbe zman lo hitraenu.) "Long time no see." |
| I guess in Hebrew it's not quite as natural to say as it is in English, so if you want to be super casual, you can also say something like |
| ...וואי,שנים |
| (Way, shanim) It's like saying "whoa, ages!" |
| Without even saying "it has been." Just, "ages." |
| 4. |
| איך הולך איתך? |
| (E'ich holech it'cha?) "How have you been?" |
| This is more of a way to ask somebody that you haven't really seen for a while, like, what has he been up to. And you say it |
| איך הולך איתך? |
| (E'ich holech it'cha?) |
| Which is a very casual way of saying it, it's very useful. |
| 5. |
| מה שלומך? |
| (Mah shlom'cha?) "How are you?" |
| Shlom'cha also comes from the word shalom, so literally, it's kind of like asking "how is your peace?" |
| 6. |
| איך היום שלך? |
| (eikh ha'yom shelkha?) "How's your day?" |
| That's a nice thing to text somebody, like your boyfriend or girlfriend, in the middle of the day, just to see how they are doing. |
| 7. |
| מה קורה? |
| (Ma kore?) "What's up?" |
| There are so many ways of saying it in Hebrew, the most common ones is this one. |
| מה קורה? |
| (Ma kore?) |
| Which is more like "what's happening?" |
| And also, |
| מה נשמע? |
| (ma nishma?) |
| which is like "What's up?" |
| 8. |
| ערב טוב. |
| (Erev tov.) "Good evening." |
| So like English, I think |
| ערב טוב |
| (Erev tov) |
| is not something you would use, like, with your friends or any casual situation. It's more like when you go into a restaurant or some sort of a service giver would say that, not with friends. |
| 9. |
| נעים להכיר אותך. |
| (naim lehakir otkha.) "It's nice to meet you." |
| As a matter of fact, the more common way of saying it is to just drop the last part, dropping the otkha or otkha, and simply say |
| נעים להכיר. |
| (naim lehakir.) |
| It's like saying, in English, "it's a pleasure." |
| 10. |
| איך הכל? |
| (eikh hakol?) "How's everything?" |
| Also a very friendly way of asking, like, "How's life?" |
| And if you want to ask "How's life?" You can ask |
| ?איך החזים |
| (Ekh hachazim?) |
| Ok, everybody, that's it. This was 10 Ways to Say Hello in Hebrew. And I would say goodbye in 10 different ways, but I don't have any time. So, see you next time, goodbye! |
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