Learn how to make introductions and use appropriate pronouns
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sherah: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HebrewPod101.com. This is Beginner Season 1 Lesson 19 - Meeting the Family in Israel. Sherah here. |
| Amir: שלום I'm Amir. |
| Sherah: In this lesson you will learn how to understand personal introductions. The conversation takes place at Asaf's parents' house. |
| Amir: It’s between Asaf, Vered and his family. |
| Sherah: Vered is meeting Asaf's family for the first time, so they will be using formal Hebrew. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| אסף: היי ורד! איזו הפתעה! |
| ורד: היי. סליחה, אני לא רוצה להפריע. |
| אסף: לא, את לא מפריעה. אנחנו חוגגים יומולדת לאמא שלי. |
| ורד: מזל טוב. |
| אסף: תודה! תכירי בבקשה את אמא שלי גלית. |
| ורד: נעים להכיר, קוראים לי ורד. |
| אסף: וזה אבא שלי רן. |
| ורד: נעים מאוד. |
| אסף: ותכירי את סבא וסבתא שלי, רותי ויצחק. ויש גם את אחות שלי ספיר. |
| ורד: מזל טוב לכולם. |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| אסף: היי ורד! איזו הפתעה! |
| ורד: היי. סליחה, אני לא רוצה להפריע. |
| אסף: לא, את לא מפריעה. אנחנו חוגגים יומולדת לאמא שלי. |
| ורד: מזל טוב. |
| אסף: תודה! תכירי בבקשה את אמא שלי גלית. |
| ורד: נעים להכיר, קוראים לי ורד. |
| אסף: וזה אבא שלי רן. |
| ורד: נעים מאוד. |
| אסף: ותכירי את סבא וסבתא שלי, רותי ויצחק. ויש גם את אחות שלי ספיר. |
| ורד: מזל טוב לכולם. |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Asaf: Hey Vered! What a surprise! |
| Vered: Hi. Sorry, I don't want to bother you. |
| Asaf: No, you aren't bothering us. We’re celebrating my mother's birthday. |
| Vered: Congratulations. |
| Asaf: Thank you! Please meet my mother Galit. |
| Vered: Nice to meet you, my name is Vered. |
| Asaf: And my father Ran. |
| Vered: Very nice to meet you. |
| Asaf: And meet my grandfather and my grandmother, Isaac and Ruth. And then there's my sister Sapir. |
| Vered: Congratulations to everyone. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Sherah: One situation I found a little weird when I first came to Israel is going to birthday parties. You don’t just congratulate the person celebrating, you also congratulate the rest of the family. |
| Amir: Yeah, I guess that’s different than in English-speaking countries. |
| Sherah: For sure. In Israel you say מזל טוב to everyone. |
| Amir: That’s right. Next time you go to a birthday party, be ready to say it a lot! |
| Sherah: That’s a good tip, listeners! Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Sherah: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Amir: הפתעה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: surprise |
| Amir: הפתעה[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: הפתעה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: סליחה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: I'm sorry. (informal)/ Excuse me. |
| Amir: סליחה[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: סליחה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: להפריע [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: to disturb |
| Amir: להפריע[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: להפריע [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: לחגוג [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: to celebrate |
| Amir: לחגוג[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: לחגוג [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: להכיר [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: to get to know |
| Amir: להכיר[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: להכיר [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: נעים להכיר [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: nice to meet you |
| Amir: נעים להכיר[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: נעים להכיר [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: אחות [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: sister |
| Amir: אחות[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: אחות [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: כולם [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: everyone |
| Amir: כולם[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: כולם [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Sherah: Let's take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Amir: הפתעה |
| Sherah: meaning "surprise" |
| Amir: This word is used just like the English word “surprise”. |
| Sherah: It’s a feminine noun and the plural is הפתעות |
| Amir: When combined with an adjective, the adjective needs to be in the feminine form as well, like with הפתעה טובה, which means a “good surprise”. |
| Sherah: Another example is הפתעה מפחידה, a “scary surprise”. |
| Amir: הפתעה is derived from the verb “to surprise” which is להפתיע. |
| Sherah: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Amir: Sure. For example, you can say.. אנחנו עושים מסיבת הפתעה בשבילו. |
| Sherah: ..which means "We’re having a surprise party for him.” Okay, what's the next word? |
| Amir: להכיר |
| Sherah: meaning "to get to know" |
| Amir: It’s the verb used when introducing someone. |
| Sherah: To properly introduce someone in Hebrew, you can say נא להכיר or “please get to know,” and then say their name. |
| Amir: And after you've met them you say נעים להכיר. |
| Sherah: This means “nice to get to know you”. |
| Amir: In the present tense, the conjugations are מכיר for the masculine singular, מכירה for the feminine singular. |
| Sherah: מכירים for the masculine plural and מכירות for the feminine plural. Can you give us an example using this word, Amir? |
| Amir: Sure. For example, you can say.. העובד מכיר את התוכנית. |
| Sherah: .. which means "The worker knows the program." The last word is.. |
| Amir: לחגוג |
| Sherah: meaning "to celebrate" |
| Amir: This is a pa’al verb. |
| Sherah: There’s a noun related to this verb which is חגיגה, meaning “celebration”. |
| Amir: So, the present tense conjugations for לחגוג are חוגג in the masculine singular. |
| Sherah: חוגגת is the feminine singular. |
| Amir: חוגגים is the masculine plural and חוגגות is the feminine plural. |
| Sherah: Can you give us another example Amir? |
| Amir: For example, you can say.. הזוג חוגג את יום הנשואין שלהם. |
| Sherah: ..which means "The couple is celebrating their anniversary." Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Sherah: In this lesson, you will learn how to understand personal introductions, using the word שלי as “my”. In Hebrew, the preposition של is used to show possession. |
| Amir: This is especially true in spoken Hebrew. |
| Sherah: של can be inflected with pronoun endings to mean “my”, “your” and “their”. |
| Amir: For the possessive pronoun “my” or שלי, the preposition של is combined with the pronoun ending י- (“ee”). |
| Sherah: שלי follows the noun it modifies. |
| Amir: The order of this construction in Hebrew is different from the order in English. |
| Sherah: Right. For example, in the dialogue Asaf uses שלי when he tells Vered they are celebrating his mother’s birthday. |
| Amir: He uses the phrase היום הולדת של אמא שלי or “my mother’s birthday”. |
| Sherah: Later in the dialogue, he uses it again when he introduces his mother to Vered. |
| Amir: He says, תכירי בבקשה את אמא שלי גלית meaning “Please meet my mother Galit.” |
| Sherah: Asaf uses the same phrase again אמא שלי. |
| Amir: He uses it over and over as he makes his way around the room introducing each of his family members. |
| Sherah: He says אבא שלי or “my father”. |
| Amir: And then סבא וסבתא שלי meaning “my grandfather and grandmother”. |
| Sherah: Lastly he introduces his sister saying האחות שלי or “my sister”. |
| Amir: So, from this it’s easy to see how important שלי is when you’re introducing people. |
| Sherah: To introduce someone yourself, you can use a sentence similar to what Asaf used. He began with תכירי or “you will get to know” |
| Amir: This is להכיר in the future if you are talking to a woman. |
| Sherah: If you are talking to a man, you would say תכיר. |
| Amir: If you are talking to more than one person, you say תכירו. |
| Sherah: These conjugations are in the future tense. You should actually use the imperative, but most Israelis use the future. |
| Amir: להכיר in the future tense is followed by בבקשה or “please”. |
| Sherah: After that comes the preposition את and then the relationship and name of the person you’re introducing. |
| Amir: Okay, so if you want to introduce your friend Eitan to your friend Tal, you would say תכיר בבקשה את החבר שלי איתן |
| Sherah: This means “please meet my friend Eitan.” |
| Amir: So, let’s look at some example sentences with שלי, like אבא שלי מתקן את האופניים שלי. |
| Sherah: The translation is, “My father is fixing my bicycle.” |
| Amir: Next is איפה העט שלי? |
| Sherah: “Where is my pen?” |
| Amir: תכירו את סבתא שלי חנה. |
| Sherah: “Please meet my grandmother Hanna.” |
Outro |
| Sherah: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Amir: תודה |
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