Learn how to ask practical questions about business hours
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sherah: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HebrewPod101.com. This is Beginner Season 1 Lesson 23 - Asking About Business Hours in Hebrew. Sherah Here. |
| Amir: שלום I'm Amir. |
| Sherah: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask when something is open or closed using the phrases |
| עד איזה שעה |
| באיזה שעה |
| מתי. The conversation takes place at an information booth at the supermarket. |
| Amir: It's between Asaf and a store clerk. |
| Sherah: The speakers are in a casual setting, so they’ll be using informal Hebrew. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| אסף: באיזה שעה אתם סוגרים בימי חול? |
| פקידה: ב-22: 00 |
| אסף: מתי אתם סוגרים ביום שיש? |
| פקידה: ב-16: 00 |
| אסף: ובאיזה שעות החנות פתוחה במוצאי שבת? |
| פקידה: משעה אחרי צאת השבת עד 23: 00 |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| אסף: באיזה שעה אתם סוגרים בימי חול? |
| פקידה: ב-22: 00 |
| אסף: מתי אתם סוגרים ביום שיש? |
| פקידה: ב-16: 00 |
| אסף: ובאיזה שעות החנות פתוחה במוצאי שבת? |
| פקידה: משעה אחרי צאת השבת עד 23: 00 |
| Sherah: Listen to the conversation with the English translation |
| Asaf: What time do you close on weekdays? |
| Clerk: at 22.00 |
| Asaf: When do you close on Friday? |
| Clerk: 16.00 |
| Asaf: And what hours is the store open on Saturday night? |
| Clerk: From an hour after the Sabbath ends until 23.00 |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Sherah: Israeli law is in part based on religious law. |
| Amir: One of the national laws adopted from the Jewish religion was that in Jewish towns, all stores would be closed from Friday afternoon to sundown on Saturday. |
| Sherah: For many years, this was just the way it was. |
| Amir: We didn’t really think much about it. |
| Sherah: But over the past 20 years, more and more stores have been opening their doors on Saturday morning and afternoon. |
| Amir: Some stores can get away with it, especially if they are outside the city limits. |
| Sherah: But sometimes opening on Shabbat causes problems and the stores are either fined or forced to close. |
| Amir: One place where this has become a problem in recent years is Tel Aviv. |
| Sherah: For a long time, stores that remained open on Saturday would simply pay the municipality a fine. |
| Amir: It was worth it for them to pay the fine because of the extra revenue they could bring in. |
| Sherah: But lately a case was brought to court to try to force grocery stores to close on Saturdays. |
| Amir: For now, this case has failed and stores can remain open on Shabbat, but I’m sure it’s not the last we’ll see of the Shabbat wars. |
| Sherah: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Sherah: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Amir: איזה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: how or which |
| Amir: איזה[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: איזה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: שעה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: hour |
| Amir: שעה[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: שעה [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: לסגור [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: to close |
| Amir: לסגור[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: לסגור [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: ימי חול [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: weekdays |
| Amir: ימי חול[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: ימי חול [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: חנות [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: shop |
| Amir: חנות[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: חנות [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: פתוח [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: open |
| Amir: פתוח[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: פתוח [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: מוצאי שבת [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Saturday night |
| Amir: מוצאי שבת[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: מוצאי שבת [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: Next we have.. |
| Amir: צאת השבת [natural native speed] |
| Sherah: end of the Sabbath |
| Amir: צאת השבת[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Amir: צאת השבת [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: ימי חול |
| Sherah: meaning "weekdays" |
| Amir: ימי חול is the plural, יום חול is the singular. |
| Sherah: Right, this is a construct noun. This means it’s made of two nouns joined together to form a new concept. |
| Amir: In Hebrew, construct nouns have a special form. When the first word is masculine plural, it means the final mem is dropped. |
| Sherah: This is the case with ימי חול. The first word is actually ימים meaning “days”. |
| Amir: It becomes ימי as the first word in a construct noun. |
| Sherah: The second word חול means “secular”. Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Amir: Sure. For example, you can say.. אני רק עובדת בימי חול. |
| Sherah: ..which means "I only work on weekdays." Okay, now what's the next word? |
| Amir: חנות |
| Sherah: meaning "store" or “shop” |
| Amir: This can also mean the fly of your pants. |
| Sherah: (laughs) how random! |
| Amir: Yes, well not everything can be connected! חנות is the singular version of the noun. The plural is חנויות. |
| Sherah: An interesting phrase using this word is חנות כל-בו. |
| Amir: It means “department store”, but literally translates to “a store with everything in it”. |
| Sherah: Can you give us an example using חנות? |
| Amir: Sure. For example, you can say.. הוא עובד בחנות נעליים. |
| Sherah: .. which means "He works in a shoe store." Now let’s move on to the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Sherah: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask about opening and closing hours. You’ll also learn three phrases that will help you do this, עד איזה שעה, באיזה שעה and מתי. In the dialogue, Asaf asks what time the store closes on weekdays. |
| Amir: He says באיזה שעה אתם סוגרים בימי חול. |
| Sherah: This sentence begins with באיזה שעה and this means “at what hour”. |
| Amir: This is followed by אתם סוגרים meaning “you close” in the masculine plural. |
| Sherah: You could also just say סוגרים without אתם to make it a more general statement. |
| Amir: The end of the sentence is בימי חול meaning “on weekdays”. |
| Sherah: The phrase באיזה שעה can be used to apply to other situations like asking when a store is closed. |
| Amir: Or באיזה שעה החנות סגורה? |
| Sherah: This means “At what time is the store closed.” |
| Amir: Or you could use it to find out when they open by asking איזה שעה אתם פותחים? |
| Sherah: Meaning “At what time do you open?” |
| Amir: Another way to ask this question is with the interrogative מתי or “when”. |
| Sherah: The beginning of the sample sentence from the dialogue can be changed to מתי. |
| Amir: So then it would be מתי אתם סוגרים בימי חול. |
| Sherah: This translates as “When do you close on weekdays?” |
| Amir: Asaf uses מתי in the dialogue when he says מתי אתם סוגרים ביום שישי? |
| Sherah: Meaning, “When do you close on Friday?” |
| Amir: Our third useful phrase is עד איזה שעה meaning “until which hour?” |
| Sherah: You could use this phrase to ask what hour the store is open until. |
| Amir: This would be עד איזה שעה אתם פתוחים? |
| Sherah: So let’s hear a few more sample sentences. The first is “at what time do you open?” |
| Amir: באיזה שעה אתם פותחים? |
| Sherah: The next is “When do you close on Sunday?” |
| Amir: מתי סוגרים ביום ראשון? |
| Sherah: The last is “Until when do the children study?” |
| Amir: עד איזה שעה הילדים לומדים? |
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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