Hi everyone, what did you do today?

Hi harveyschiller,

Thank you for your comment!😄

Are you refering to the vocabulary audio? They have normal speed version to the left side, and 0.5x version in the middle of the buttons (which is slower so it will be easier to follow the pronunciation.)

Happy learning!

Yours,

Tal

Team Hebrewpod101.com

why is the sound in pause?

Hi Michal,

Thank you for your comment!😄

No, the word "מסכן" (mis'ken) is not from Yiddish; it is a Hebrew word. It means "poor" or "unfortunate" and is often used to express sympathy or pity for someone.

In Yiddish, a similar term is "נֶבֶּךְ" (nebekh), which also conveys a sense of pity or misfortune. However, "מסכן" is specifically Hebrew in origin.

Happy learning!

Yours,

Tal

Team Hebrewpod101.com

Is מסכן from Yiddish?

Question:

Why is this sentence: 6. הן יאמינו לו.

הֵן יַאֲמִינוּ לוֹ.

Hen ya'aminu lo.

"They will believe him."

not using the other form of 'him': אותו

Question:

Can you provide examples of when you use the other forms of אותו?

Hi פיי,

Thank you for your comment!😄

".היום אני הלכתי למסעדה

.אכלתי ביצים, לחם, מטבלים. הקפה היה טעים

.עכשיו אני לומדת עברית"

"Today I went to a restaurant. I ate eggs, bread, dippings, the coffee was delicious, now I'm studying Hebrew."

And I see that you are making a good progress at learning Hebrew. Good work!😁

Have a pleasant learning!

Yours,

Tal

Team Hebrewpod101.com

.היום אגי הלך למסעדה

.אכלנו ביצים, לחם, מטבלים. הקפה היה טעים

.עכשיו אני לומדת עברית

Hi Brandon,

Thanks for sharing your comment!

Well done! this is a correct Hebrew phrase 😄😄👍

Keep up the great work!

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

היום ישנתי כי עבדתי כל הלילה

Shalom pes,

Thank you for commenting and sharing your answer to this lesson's question!

Very good work! You almost got it right 😄😄

Please see the following correction to your sentence:

היום היה יום שבת. לא עשיתי הרבה אבל הלכתי לישון

Please note several issues:

1. One can't really say "it was Shabbat FOR ME" in Hebrew, it is better to simply say: today was Shabbat.

2. Using the verb "עשיתי" already implies that "I" did the action, therefore saying "אני עשיתי" is a redundancy in this case. This can be used in other contexts, though, when we want to especially stress the fact that "I and no other" did something (i.e. אני עשיתי את זה, לא אתה - I did it, not you!)

I hope this is helpful :)

Keep up the excellent work!

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

היום היה שבת לי. אני לא עשיתי הרבה אבל אני הולכת לישן😄

today was shabbat for me, i didnt do a lot but i went to sleep.

Is tht how to say it?

תודה רבה!

Dear Mónika,

Thanks for commenting and sharing your work!

Well done - your sentence is almost perfect! :)

Note the corrections -

בבוקר עשיתי אירובי. אחרי זה עשיתי מטלות בית ושיחקתי עם הילדים שלי

Please let us know if you have any questions 😄👍

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

שלום!

בבוקר עשיתי צעד אירובי. אחרי זה עשיתי עבודה בית ושיחקתיעם הילדים שלי.

So, what I tried to write: In the morning I did step aerobics. Then I made some housework and played with my children.

Dear Vicki H and ​דוד,

@Vicki H - as you wrote,the word 'אותו' can be used for 2 purposes in Hebrew, the first one "same" appears in this lesson, as in the example of "אותו מקום" (the same place) or אותו דבר (same thing).

The second meaning is the conjugated pronoun for singular 3rd person "him", as in "I saw him yesterday" - ראיתי אותו אתמול.

@a דוד - Great work! these are very nice Hebrew phrases and an excellent answer to our question!

please note some typos in the following words:

think = חושב (with a ח, not a ה)

of course = כמובן (with כ, not ב)

Happy to assist! keep up the good work!

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

מה עשיתי היום

אני הושב שזה משעמם

רק הקשבתי למוזיקה, ולמדתי עברית.

במובן גם בבישלתי אוכל וכיבסתי את הבגדים שלי

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the lesson notes refer to אותו having two words with this spelling. What two words are you referring to? I have found several meanings for this word "oto" when I look it up.

Hi קמילה,

Thanks for posting and for sharing! sounds like a nice chilled day 😉😅

Note that "we are resting" is "אנחנו נחות" (from the verb "לנוח"ת you've translated ןא as "מתרעגות" - which unfortunately isn't a word...😜)

Note also that "אנחנו צריכות לזכור לקחת משקפי השמש." can be either "אנחנו צריכות לזכור לקחת משקפי שמש." without an article (and without "את") OR "אנחנו צריכות לזכור לקחת את משקפי השמש." (with and with). The first option "לקחת משקפי שמש" is the more natural one, as you're not necessarily talking about a specific pair...

Great work! It's a pleasure to see you improving with every comment! ❤️️👍😇

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

היום לא עשיתי כלום כי מזג האוויר חם מדי. כל החברות שלי נשארות בבית שלהן, הן לא רצו לצאת בגלל גל החום . אמא שלי ואני אכלנו ועכשיו אנחנו מתרעגות. אולי אחר כך נצא. אנחנו צריכות לזכור לקחת משקפי השמש. 😎

Hi Darren,

Thanks for posting!

Well, you're not hearing things, this is actually the case. This is an example for a Hebrew word that's often not pronounced according to how it 'really' should... This happens in Hebrew sometimes, and it raises a question that's relevant for Hebrew speakers, learners, and teachers - what is eventually 'correct'? what people say or the way words should be said according to the rules?

We teach the 'correct way', of course, but it may happen once in a while that some mismatches with the audio would occur, as our speakers in the recordings are so used to the 'street' pronunciation...

I hope this is not too confusing, please let me know if further clarification is needed.

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com