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Instead of using באופן to form adverbs, -ב with a verbal noun is an alternative(E.g בזהירות, ביסודיות). I don't what other way to make unexpectedly without באופן though

Yes, Ollie,The forms of yesh and ain have to correspond to number and gender of what they are modifying so it's much easier to use the short, basic form without the endings. Spoken language uses the basic form and my guess is that newspapers may also use it on editorials and interest pieces. Poetry and literary works can use the longer forms for interest and sophistication.

Yes, thanks for helping Ollie, I am feeling a little more comfortable with "b'ofen" now, but feel that its use makes the sentence a little wordy and wonder if there is a simpler way to say the same thing.

Addressing Shelley on sentence 3: I chose באופן(In a manner of) to form the adverb "unexpectedly"(להתרחש באופן בלתי צפוי).

Oh ok, I can see why the pronominal conjugations for אין ויש are used. They seem to correspond to the gender and number of what "there is/n't". E.g ישנם הרבה סיכונים. The נם- suffix corresponds to the plural סיכונים

Dear Roi and Ollie, On Ollie's sentence number 1. Why is "with it"at the end have " hay" not eto since the knife is masculine, I thought. On sentence number 3 why is b'ofen needed near the end of Ollie's sentence? Thank you for your clarification.

Ollie, Yaara conjugates the yesh and ain phrases in the comment section of one of the survival lesson series somewhere between one and twenty and says that its just fancy and used in literature, but doesn't change the meaning. Hope this helps. Like your comment on eating lemons, very descriptive.

Also Roi, Lenny gives a wonderful description in the comment section of one of the early lessons of why tzhariam is plural(noon). You probably came across it, but her reason resonated with me. Ask her when you see her.

Addressing earlier comments: I can see why the expression "to miss the train(opportunity)" has the root for sour(ח-מ-ץ=חָמוּץ ). When you miss a great opportunity E.g That highly esteemed position in the company, it would give you the same feelings that sucking on lemons would. A very screwed up face, but on the inside :D

Addressing your correction Roi to sentence #3: I don't really understand the usage of words like אינו and ישנם. I get that it is יש ואין with a pronominal suffix added, but don't quite know why it's there. At least in the English it makes sense without them, but what does the Hebrew convey more with them?

Hi Ollie,

Thanks for posting, let's review -

1. fixing - היה זהיר כשאתה משתמש בסכין החדה הזו, מסוכן לרוץ איתה

2. ?

3. almost - fixing - במהלך נהיגה, ישנם הרבה סיכונים פתאומיים שיכולים להתרחש באופן בלתי צפוי

Keep up the good work!

Yours,

Roi

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1. Be more careful using that knife, it's dangerous to run with it

עוד היזהר כשמשתמש בסכין החדה הזה, מסוכן לרוץ עם זה

2. Sitting quietly in the field, he would ponder everything he had learned

יושב בשקט בשדה, הוא היה הוגה על כל דבר שלמד

3. While driving, there are many sudden dangers that can happen unexpectedly

במהלך נהיגה, יש הרבה סיכונים פתואמיים יכולים להתרחש באופן בלתי צפוי

lol, I undersrtand.

Hi Shelley,

Thanks for commenting.

The word is "החמצתי" (I accidentally wrote החצמתי, apologies) - and means "to miss" when talking about an event or occurrence.

Example - נרדמנו והחמצנו את מטר המטאורים - we fell asleep and missed the meteor shower.

Yours,

Roi

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Dear Roi and Ollie, In number two, What does that expression mean? To chop the train? "hchtsmti et harakevet"? Would you provide an example of how it is used? Thanks for the clarification.

Hi Ollie,

Thanks for sharing your work!

Let's review:

1. איחרתי את ההזדמנות לומר לו “שלום - Chance/opportunity = הזדמנות.

החצמתי את הרכבת. can be added seperating if you want to use the idiom.

2. the many wounds = הפציעות הרבות

3. Small fix - החליפו משמרות - not הוחלפו.

Keep up the excellent work!

Roi

Team Hebrewpod101.com

Thank you Roi, for your quick response. Good to know about Tavor also means stopping. Thank you-I understand about the numbers-It is what I suspected. Thank you for passing along my comment. חג חנכה סמח

Hi Shelley,

No, in this case תעבור is a better choice than תגיע. Passing through in the meaning of "תעבור" also implies a stop.

I will forward you comment about the times and numbers, I believe you have a valid point.

The word 'platform' is indeed masculine, and is "רציף". why should there be a "hay" in the end? we're talking about platform number 3 - in Hebrew it'll work the same - רציף מספר שלוש - the 3 appears in the regular feminine form, as it defines the number. If we'd want to say "three platforms" we'd use the "hay" masculine ending - שלושה רציפים.

Hope it's clear,

Yours,

Roi

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1. I missed my chance to say goodbye to him: איחרתי את הרכבת לומר לו "שלום

2. Due to the many wounds he suffered from the bull, He is in critical condition:

עקב הרבה הפציעות שהוא סבל מהפרה, הוא במצב קריטי

3. The burglar burst into the house when the guards were changing shifts: הפורץ פרץ לתוך הארמון כשהשומרים הוחלפו משמרות

Thank you Roi, but the train does not pass thru, "Ta'vor" it is stopping to pick up passengers and is just changing platforms, wouldn't a form of "h'gia" be a better choice as the english translates it as arriving? Passing thru means not stopping to me. Does it also mean stopping or arriving in Hebrew?

Hi Shelley,

THanks for posting.

The word that is used is "Ta'avor" (תעבור) and it's meaning is "will pass through".

In this announcement the train is passing through the station (on the way to its final destination) and is correct.

Yours,

Roi

Team Hebrewpod101.com

Shalom again, The notes say that platform is a masculine word which makes sense to me because it doesn't end in "hay". Is number one modifying platform? Because number one is in the feminine form. I understand that counting uses the feminine forms. If the sentence said there is one platform then one would be in the masculine form. Correct? So now it is counting and not modifying platform in the dialogue. Shalosh is also in the feminine form.

On the second line of the dialogue, leaving, includes an extra "tav" and I am having difficulty translating it literally- is it your leaving? The english translates it as the trains departure. Morphix has departure without the tav. Aha , I think I see it's the verb It will go out and since train is feminine, the verb is in the feminine form. ok. The train will exit or leave and you will be delayed. Could the sentence have been written-The train will leave LATE AND you will be delayed. The capitolized words are implied and not included and that is acceptable hebrew?

16:32- is some form of time-international or maritime? Is it only used in written form? The audio translates it into 4:32. I find this time confusing. It may be better to write it as 4:32 since the audio is not saying sixteen- with the other time in parenthesis if you feel you need to have it. I'd also like to see the numbers written in letters when translated into the english instead of repeating the number symbols ( Not sure - ordinal numbers?) Numbers are very difficult as they are not what you'd expect. Hearing the form is fine but I'd like to see the written form in all the lessons so I know that I am hearing them correctly and am understanding their feminine and masculine usage. Now I just can't tell.

Shalom Roi, At the end of line one of the announcement a verb is used that is translated as arriving. Doesn't it usually mean transfering? "Tavour"-you will transfer... from platform. Can a form of "hgiya" be used there?

Hi Ollie,

Good work!

בכך and על ידי - a little hard to explain, let me give you 2 sentences that might make it clearer -

תוצאות טובות משיגים על ידי עבודה רבה - you achieve goo results by working hard.

הוא התגאה בכך שהוא אבא - he was proud about being a dad.

1. :)

2. :)

3. - התקרה תמיד מעליי - over me = מעליי.

4. סופה = feminine, therefor נראית חזקה

5. שולחן קפה מלבני יושב באמצע הסלון - in the center of the livingroom = באמצע הסלון

Yours,

Roi

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