Hi Listeners! What kind of restaurant would you like to find in Israel?

Hi Meraj!

Thank you for your kind feedback! 😊

We appreciate your suggestion of including a short story text in Hebrew with the lessons.

If you have any questions, please let us know.

תודה רבה (Toda raba / Thank you very much)

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Hello,

If there was a short story text in Hebrew along with the lessons; The lessons were much more effective.

Thanks ;

MERAJ

Hi Mónika,

Thank you for your comment!😄

Then you came to the right lesson.

Eifo yesh mis'adah shel okhel rekhov? (Where is there a street food restaurant?)

Ani rotsah le'ekhol sabikh. (I want to eat Sabikh.)

Have a pleasant learning!

Yours,

Tal

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שלום,

אני רוצה לחפש את מסעדת אוכל רחוב. אני רוצה לטעום את הסביח.

Hi Stephanie,

Thank you for your comment!😄

Good question!

It's important to distinguish the prefix mem which means "from" from the mem at the beginning of hifil verbs.

Hifil verbs in present tense always start with the letter "mem" (not the prefix.) The prefix mem, "from" will not come as an additional mem before hifil verbs' mem.😄

Have a happy learning!

Yours,

Tal

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Hi guys (and gals),

is there a rule when in present tense, hif'il verbs take the prefix מַ (ma) or מְ (me)?

If not, what would be perceived as less of a mistake: to always say מַ even if it was supposed to be מְ or vice-versa?

Thanks.

Stephanie

Hi Brandon,

Thanks for posting!

Good work! Your sentence is almost correct :) The correct translation of "I want to look for a Chinese restaurant" is:

אני רוצה לחפש מסעדה סינית

Please let us know if you have any questions 👍👍

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

אני רוצה לחפש את המסעדה סיני

אני רוצה לחפש את הצסעדה סיני

Hi James,

Thanks for posrting your question!

Yes, that's correct! "ברגל" is parallel to "on foot" in English 👍👍

Keep up the good work!

Yours,

Roi

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Does this phrase מֶטֶר בְּרֶגֶל literally mean 200 meters by foot?

Shalom Aaron,

Thanks for commenting!

The Hebrew word "טיילת" comes from the root "לטייל" - to take a walk (note: not the physical action of walking, which is "ללכת").

However the word "טיילת" is a noun, meaning "prominade" - a place where people can go to take walks... like most nouns, this word doesn't have both masculine and feminine forms - but only feminine.

I hope that's answering your question 😄

Please let us know if you have any further questions!

Best,

Roi

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The masculine form of "tayellet" - tayell means to walk.? So..... the feminine means boardwalk?

Hi Abhishek,

Thanks for posting your excellent question!

In daily speech, the imperative form is not very common in Hebrew, as it might come across a little too "bossy", aggressive or official... Instead, many are choosing the future (mostly) or present form of the verb - in spite of these versions not being grammatically "correct".

This is a nice example of how Hebrew keeps changing and evolving in order to adapt to the culture that lives around it.

In the case of giving directions, using the present form is very common, and it is interesting to think about why... My guess is that maybe one is actually imagining themselves driving/ walking the way that they describe while explaining it, and therefore it feels as if it's a present action...

I hope that helps 😄

Yours,

Roi

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Why does Sherah says,"אתה יוצא מהדלת, פונה שמאלה". In present tense form instead of imperative form.

Hi Abhishek,

Thanks for posting your question!

It's actually very simple -

'lavo' (לבוא) is "to come", while

'lehagi'a' (להגיע) is "to arrive"

😄

Happy to help :)

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

What's the difference between להגיע and לבוא?

Hi faye,

Thanks for posting!

Deciding when to mark the lesson as complete is entirely up to you - we have no rules regarding this 😅😉

You can use the notes for saving new information from a lesson that you found particularly interesting or relevant, for example. Simply click on "create a note" and write or copy-paste the lines inside. To access your notes, click on the three points button on the header menu and go to "My Notes".

To play the whole lesson, click on the "play" button either on top of the page or at the bottom when you scroll down.

I hope that helps :)

Enjoy learning Hebrew!

Best,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

I have reviewed this lesson 3 times. I know 80% of the vocal. Should I mark it complete? How should I use "notes"? How do I activate the lesson audio so I can hear the whole lesson, not line by line?

Hi Nisi,

Thanks for commenting!

Well, you have a good ear 😅 many native Hebrew speakers tend to pronounce this word "megi'a" instead of "magi'a" , even though grammatically "magi'a" is correct. I guess our audio speaker fell in this trap as well...

This is a phenomenon that happens often in modern Hebrew, where the pronunciation of words is changing slowly from the "correct" way into an easier and more 'flowing' version...

I hope that helps :)

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com