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| Jessi: Hello, and welcome to Hebrew Survival Phrases, brought to you by HebrewPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Israel. You'll be surprised at how far a little Hebrew will go. Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by HebrewPod101.com and there you'll find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! |
| Survival Phrases Lesson 13 - Restaurant 3 – Smoking |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to make a reservation in a restaurant. Now that you know how to get a table, you have another big issue. If you want to enjoy your meal, the smoking issue is very important. If you are a smoker and you enter a non-smoking establishment, or if you are a non-smoker and enter a smoking establishment, this could ruin your meal. In today's lesson, we will cover how to ask for a smoking or non-smoking table. |
| Let's imagine first that you are a smoker. Before entering a restaurant, you need to ask, "Excuse me, is smoking allowed here?" ?סְלִיחָה, מֻתָּר לֵעָשֶׁן פֹּה, Slicha, mutar le'ashen po? |
| Slicha, סְלִיחָה, as we have seen, is the translation of "Excuse me." We follow this with מוּתָר לֵעָשֶׁן פֹּה, Mutar le'ashen po. מֻתָּר, Mutar means,"allowed," and we follow it with לֵעָשֶׁן, Le'ashen, which in English means "to smoke." Last is פֹּה, Po, which means "here." Let's break down these words and hear them one more time, ?סְלִיחָה, מֻתָּר לֵעָשֶׁן פֹּה, Slicha, mutar le'ashen po? |
| Now let's look at the possible answers. |
| "Yes, you may smoke." כֵּן, מֻתָּר לְעַשֵּׁן פֹּה, Ken, mutar le'ashen po. As you might have figured out, in this sentence, we have only added the Hebrew word for "Yes" כֵּן, Ken before מֻתָּר לְעַשֵּׁן פֹּה, Mutar le'ashen po. This is an easy answer to a question! Let's break down these words and hear them one more time, כֵּן, מֻתָּר לְעַשֵּׁן פֹּה, Ken, mutar le'ashen po. |
| Then what do we say if they do not allow smoking? We take the same pattern as before, and instead of כֵּן, מֻתָּר, Ken, mutar, we just add the Hebrew words לֹא, אָסוּר, Lo, asur, which in English means "No, it's not allowed." Let's hear the first sentence one more time, לֹא, אָסוּר לְעַשֵּׁן פֹּה, Lo, asur leashen po. |
| Ok, to close out today's lesson, we would like you to practice what you have just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so !בְּהַצְלָחָה, Behatzlacha! which means "Good luck!" in Hebrew. |
| "Excuse me, is smoking allowed here?" - ?סְלִיחָה, מֻתָּר לֵעָשֶׁן פֹּה, Slicha, mutar le'ashen po? |
| "Yes, smoking is allowed." - כֵּן, מֻתָּר לְעַשֵּׁן פֹּה, Ken, mutar le'ashen po. |
| "No, I am sorry, it's forbidden." - לֹא, אָסוּר לְעַשֵּׁן פֹּה, Lo, asur le'ashen po. |
| Jessi: Alright! That's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by HebrewPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! |
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