Learn how to ask about your possessions
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| Shalom, ani Yana. Hi everybody! I’m Yana. |
| Welcome to HebrewPod101.com’s “Ivrit be-shalosh dakot”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Hebrew. |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to talk about age. I hope you remember that! |
| This lesson we are going to learn how to talk about things you own. |
| Yesh lekha mekhonit? Or, Yesh lakh mekhonit? “Do you have a car?” |
| [slowly] Yesh lekha mekhonit (man) |
| [slowly] Yesh lakh mekhonit? (woman) |
| Let’s take a closer look at this question. |
| Yesh lekha/lakh “Do you have”. |
| Yesh literally means “there is” or “there are”. |
| lekha/lakh is a 2nd person singular pronoun used to indicate possession: like, “belongs to you”. And finally, mehonit means “car” |
| So if you *do* have a car, how can you answer this question? |
| All you have to do is simply say; |
| Yesh li mekhonit |
| [slowly] Yesh li mekhonit. |
| Yesh- is “there is” or “there are” |
| Li- is the 1st person version of lekha/lakh. But you can use whether you are a male or female, so it’s easy! |
| Li- always stays the same when you are talking about your possessions. Just add the noun (mehonit, sefer, etc) |
| So say for example, that a classmate wants to borrow a pen from you. He might ask, Yesh lekha/lakh et? Which is “Do you have a pen?” |
| If you only have a red pen, you can answer Yesh li et adom. “I have a red pen.” |
| et- pen |
| adom- red |
| Let’s try few more examples of the words you already know; |
| Yesh lekha esrim shekel? |
| [slowly] Yesh lekha esrim shekel? |
| Yesh lakh esrim shekel? |
| [slowly] Yesh lakh esrim shekel? |
| How do you answer? |
| Yesh li esrim shekel. |
| [slowly] Yesh li esrim shekel. |
| If you want to make it more natural, just answer; Yesh li. (in case you have of course). |
| Now it’s time for Yana’s tips. |
| Beside the meaning of “there is” and “there are”, Yesh is also used in daily slang in Israel. |
| It means something like “Yes! we did it!” or “Oh yeah!”. So don’t hesitate to use it next time when your favorite sports team wins! |
| In previous lessons, we have learned simple affirmative sentences. |
| Next time we’ll learn how to make the same sentences negative in order to say “I’m not” and “I don’t have” in Hebrew. |
| It is very easy actually! |
| I'll be waiting for you in the next Ivrit be-shalosh dakot lesson!. |
| Lehitraot!! |
| bye!! |
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