Do you have a gym membership?

Shalom James,

Thanks for commenting and sharing your question!

Both terms "מכון כושר" and "מועדון כושר" are in frequent use in Hebrew. In fact, the term "מכון כושר" is the original one in Hebrew, while "מועדון" has become more popular through the influence of English with the term "fitness club".

I hope that helps ;)

Keep up the good work! 👍

Best,

Roi

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The first sentence in the dialogue is incorrect. 😮 אֲנִי מְעוּנְיָין לְהִצְטָרֵף לְמָכוֹן הַכּוֹשֶׁר שֶׁלָּכֶם. Shouldn't לְמָכוֹן הַכּוֹשֶׁר be instead מועדון הַכושר?

Shalom Julie,

Thanks for commenting and sharing your translation with us!

Perfectly done - your phrase is 100% correct! 👍👍👍😄

Keep up the great work!

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

לא ,אני לא צריכה מועדון כושר. אני אוהבת ללכת ברגל בשכונה שלי.

"No, I don't need a gym. I like to walk in my neighborhood."

Hi נתן,

Thanks for posting your question!

I'll try to explain:

The difference between "מעוניין" and "רוצה" is exactly like the difference in English between "interested in" and "want".

We usually use "מעוניין" for inquiries that are more substantial than immediate needs, for example: "I'm interested in learning how to invest in the stock market" ("אני מעוניין ללמוד כיצד להשקיע בשוק המניות") while "want" can be used for "smaller" or more daily things, for example, "I want to eat lasagne today" ("אני רוצה לאכול לזניה היום").

I hope that makes it clearer :)

Happy to assist!

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

בבקשה,

מעוניין & רוצה;

Could use either or?

תודה,

שבת שלום

Hi Yitzchak,

On behalf of Roi, you're welcome!

Should you have any questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Cristiane

Team HebrewPod101.com

Thank you very much for the help.

Hi Yitzchak,

Thanks for posting! I will be happy to give you a few notes:

Allow me to correct the phrases and explain:

אין לי מנוי למועדון כושר כי את סוגי התרגילים שלי קל לעשות לבד. בכל מקרה, בדרך כלל אני מעדיף לרוץ בחוץ כדי ליהנות מהעולם ומהאוויר הצח

Note 1 - סוגי התרגילים instead of "הסוגי התרגילים" - the "ה" is needed only on the second word in smikhut.

Note 2 - "more interested in" will be better translated as "prefer" (מעדיף) in Hebrew

Note 3 - "to Enjoy something" requires a preposition "מ" (literally: "enjoy FROM the world")

Both "חברות" and "מנוי" will be appropriate here. "חברות" might be a little more general (ie. for a supermarket) while "מנוי" is mostly used for sports/cultural institutions (ie. Theater)

Keep up the good work! :)

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

אין לי מנוי למועדון כושר כי הסוגי התרגולים שלי קלים לעשות בעצמי. בכל מקרה בדרך כלל אני מעוניין יותר לרוץ בחוץ כדי ליהנות העולם והאוויר צח

I don't have a gym membership because the kind of exercises I do are easy to do on my own. In any case, in general, I am more interested in running outside to enjoy the word and the fresh air.

Any corrections would be great. Thanks.

What is the Hebrew word that is generally used for membership, מנוי or חברות?

מנוי was used in the lesson notes, but I saw חברות used in the comments.

Thanks,

Yitzchak

Hi Matan Omansky,

Thanks for posting!

In Hebrew, "gym membership" would be translated as "חברות בחדר כושר", therefore the correction to your phrase

should be "אין לי חברות בחדר כושר".

Keep up the good work! 👍

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

אין לי חדר כושרחברות

Hi Maribel,

Thanks for commenting and posting your question!

This is an interesting case. The correct pronunciation according to the dictionary is "tilpen" and so on (always with a P, not F), however, the versions with F are more often used by Hebrew speakers, therefore it's hard to determine what is right and wrong in this case, as languages are dynamic and flexible... I'd say that both versions are acceptable nowadays... :)

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

Good morning!

In word of the day 2018-04-25

- the example טילפן is pronounced "tilpen" in the audio, but the transcription is written as "tilfen"

- the example האיש מטלפן is pronouced "metalfen"

- the example האדם מטלפן is pronounced "metalpen"

- the example מטלפן is pronounced "metalfen"

Which one is the correct? "metlapen" or "metalfen"

Thanks in advance for your answer

Shalom Ollie

Thank you for posting.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Cristiane

Team HebrewPod101.com

Thankyou :)

Hi Ollie,

No, in this case "היו" is referring to the בעיות.

Yours,

Roi

Team Hebrewpod101.com

Much obliged :)

היו is referring to the years isn't it?

Hi Ollie,

Good work, a few fixes -

המחשב עובד טוב מאוד - not בטוב מאוד.

"I have had it for 9 years with few problems." is a little harder to translate word-per-word, I would say it in Hebrew: "הוא בבעלותי כבר תשע שנים והיו לו בעיות מעטות".

= it's on my ownership for 9 years and it had few problems.

Yours,

Roi

Team Hebrewpod101.com

Hi Ollie,

Sure!

Always happy to help :)

Roi

Team Hebrewpod101.com