Learning Hebrew. A Series. Week 16 and Lesson 16: “The Food Delivery” Blog: 233

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Shalom everyone: “Ma nishma?” This week is Lesson 16. We have been inundated with cv-19 as of late, and the call has been for “social distancing”, so this lesson is most befitting in keeping with the idea of smart tips during a troublesome time. In this lesson. We are going to learn how to ask, by a phone call, for food delivery: We are at Lesson 16– “The Food Delivery.”

SETTING: Anat and Tomer’s apartment/dera
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Lesson Synopsis & Overview

In this lesson you will learn the present form of the 5th verb group in Hebrew! We will also learn a lot of new food vocabulary and see what happens when Tomer and Anat wants to order food delivery (Daniel, 2018).

Table 1: Other Nikkud

Table 2: Ivrit Alef-Bet

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I. Conjugations–Present Form of 5th Verb Group [0:25]

- Le’Ha (c)hlit – to decide – (in conjugation the lamed disappears)
  - root = cheit, lamed, tet = [ח + ל+ ט][0:30]
  - ani machlit (masculine-s) [I decide]; atah machlit [you decide] (m); hu machlit [he decides]
  - ani machlitah (feminine-s) [I decide]; at machlitah [you decide] (f); he machlitah [she decides] (f)
  - anoknu machlitim (male-pl) [we decide]; atem machlitim [you decide] (m-pl); hem machlitim [they decide] (m-pl)
  - anoknu machlitot (female-pl) [we decide]; aten machlitot [you decide] (f-pl); hen machlitot [they decide] (f-pl)
- LeHazmin – to order/to invite – root = zayin, mem, nun = [ ז + מ +נ] (in conjugation the lamed disappears) ma-zamin [1:01]
  - ani ma-zamin (male-s) [I order ]; atah ma-zamin [you order] (m); hu ma-zamin [he orders]
  - ani ma-zaminah (female-s) [I order]; at ma-zaminah [you order] (f); he ma-zaminah [she orders]
  - anoknu ma-zaminim (male-pl) [we order]; atem ma-zaminim [you order] (m-pl); hem ma-zaminim [they order] (m-pl)
  - anoknu ma-zaminot (female-pl) [we order]; aten ma-zaminot
  - [you order] (f-pl); hen ma-zaminot [they order] (f-pl)
- LeHazle(c)h – to succeed/to manage to do something– root = tzadei, lamed, cheit = [ צ + ל + ח] (in conjugation the lamed disappears “ma”) [1:17]
  - ani ma-zeli(c)h (male-s) [I succeed/manage]; atah ma-zelich [you succeed] (m); who ma-zelich [he succeeds]
  - ani ma-zelicha (female-s) [I succeed/manage]; at ma-zelicha [you succeed/manage] (f); he ma-zelicha [she succeeds/manages] (f-s)
  - anoknu ma-zelichim (male-pl) [we *succeed]; atem ma-zelichim [you succeed] (m-pl); hem ma-zelichim [they manage] (m-pl)
  - anoknu ma-zelichot (female-pl) [we succeed/manage]; atem ma-zelichot [you succeed/manage] (f-pl); hen ma-zelichot [they succeed/manage] (f-pl) *interchangeably used
  - Commentary- [1:34] When the 1st letter of the root is YUD/yod, the prefex “ma” changes “mo” (mem with vav).
- Lahotzi – to take out – root = yud, tzadei, alef = [י +צ א] ] (in conjugation the lamed disappears, while the yod/y appears ) [1:42]
  - ani motzi (male-s) [I take out]; atah motzi [you know] (m); who motzi [he knows]
  - ani motziaa (female-s) [I take out]; at motziaa [you take out] (f); he motziaa [she takes out] (f-s)
  - anoknu motziaim (male-pl) [we take out]; atem motziaim [you take out] (m-pl); hem motziaim [they take out] (m-pl)
  - anoknu motziaot (female-pl) [we take out]; atem motziaot [you take out] (f-pl); hen motziaot [they take out] (f-pl)
    - Commentary- [1:34] When the 2nd letter of the root is YUD/yod, or VAV, the prefix “ma” changes “me” (mem with nikkud).
- LeHavim – to understand/to know – root = bet, yud, nun = [ ב + י + נ ] (in conjugation the lamed disappears, while the vav appears ) [2:03]
  - ani mevin (male-s) [I understand]; atah mevin [you understand] (m); who mevin [he understands]
  - ani mevinah (female-s) [I understand]; at mevinah [you understand] (f); he mevinah [she understands] (f-s)
  - anoknu mevinim (male-female-pl) [we understand]; atem mevinim [you understand] (m-pl); hem mevinim [they understand] (m-pl)
  - anoknu mevinot (female-pl) [we understand]; atem mevinot [you understand] (f-pl); hen mevinot [they understand] (f-pl)
- Commentary- [2:18] When the 1st letter of the root is NUN, the nun drops.
- LeHakir – to know someone -person-place-object– root = nun, haf/kaf, vet = [ נ +כ +ב] (in conjugation the lamed disappears, while the mem appears )[2:30]
  - ani makir (male-s) [I know]; atah makir [you know ] (m); hu makir [he knows]
  - ani makirah (female-s) [I know]; at makirah [you know] (f); he makirah [she knows] (f-s)
  - anoknu makirim (male-pl) [we know]; atem makirim [you know] (m-pl); hem makirim [they know] (m-pl)
  - anoknu makirot (female-pl) [we know]; atem makirot [you know] (f-pl); hen makirot [they know] (f-pl)
  - Commentary- [2:41] LeHakir means to know be familiar with a person, place, thing, or object
  - Commentary- versus Lada’at (yoda’at) which means to know skills or facts/information.

II. Vocabulary of The Food Delivery [2:57]

- Manah (f): dish/course : (mem+nun+hei)
  - rishon means first : (resh+alef+shin+vav+nun)
  - e.g. Yom Rishon = First Day (of the week) = Sunday [3:12]-
    - e.g. manah rishonah – first course (meal) [3:03]
      - ‘Rishon’ in female form ‘Rishonah’ [3:18]. (resh+alef+shin+vav+nun+hei))
    - e.g. manah ekorit– main course (meal) [3:24] (ayin+qof+resh+yud+tav)
- qa’nu(c)ha : dessert (qof+nun+vav+cheit) [3:31]
- me’shlo(c)ha : delivery (mem+shin+vav+cheit)
- taphorit : menu (tav+pe/fe+resh+yud+tet) [3:38]
- taphoritim : menus (tav+pe/fe+resh+yud+tet+yud+mem_sofit)
- tanur : oven (tav+nun+vav+eesh) [3:45]
- gev’nah : cheese [3:48] (gimel+bet+yud+nun+hei)
- ya’rekot : vegetables (yud+resh+qof+vav+tav)
- ag’veniot : tomato (ayin+gimel+bet/vet+nun+yud+vav+tav)
- cha’tzel : eggplant (cheit+tzade+yud+lamed) [4:02]
- betata : sweet potato (bet+tet+tet+hei)
- pelpal : pepper (pe+lamed+pe+lamed) [4:10]
- batzal : onion (bet+tzade+lamed)
- kuurvit : cauliflower (kaf+resh+vav+bet/vet+yud+tav)
- teras : corn (tav+yud+resh+samech) [4:22]
  - az atem rotzim leackol kuurvit oi teras ? (az = so) ; (oi =or) : So, do you (pl) want to eat cauliflower or corn? [4:25]
- dag : fish (dalet+gimel) manah ekorit dag – main course fish —
- glida : ice cream [4:50]
  - az atem rotzim leackol qa’nu(c)ha b’ glida? So do you want to eat ice cream for dessert ? [4:55]
The Dialogue begins below.. Let’s listen [4:59]

Food Delivery
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III. Anat and Tomer’s apartment/dera, Tel Aviv [5:08–6:27] Dialogue w/ Hebrew [6:32]
- [5:08/6:34] Anat to Tomer: Tomer —
- atah motziaa Et Ha-taphoritim? Tomer you want to pull out the menus?
  - Tomer reaches down and he pulls out the menus.
- Tomer to Anat : [5:18] Tomer: ma at ma-zaminah lemona rishona? What do you want to order for a first course?
- Anat : ani lo yodeat. rega (moment). I don’t know. “Wait a moment”.
- Tomer : at ma–zelicha leh-havin Et Ze? Do you know what this is? “Can you manage to understand this?” “colloquial” Do you get it? [7:00-19] (verb lehavin followed by a definite noun, pronoun or name ze = this/that
- Tomer continues : “colloquial” Do you get it? Ma ze? anti… ma? What is? “Anti …”What?”
- Anat : antipasti … Antipasta > >Jump down to the conversation {5:39] <<
- Anat : Tov! ze ani ma-zaminah et oogat Ha-geve’nah– Well, this is me ordering the cheesecake. (Well, that’s my order- the cheesecake)
  - The cheesecake, in Hebrew is 2-words- “cheese cake” it’s in the construct form
    
    The word אֶת (et) and the construct form:
    
    “semikud” “oogat Ha-geve’nah”
    
    -from lesson 15) [7:36-7:58]
- [8:02] Repeat of Conversation-
- Anat : Tov, atah motziaa Et Ha-taphoritim? Well, you want to pull out the menus?
  - Tomer reaches down and he pulls out the menus.
- [8:13] Tomer: ma at ma-zaminah lemona rishona? What do you want to order for a first course?
- Anat : ani lo yodeat. rega (moment). I don’t know. “Wait a moment”.
- Tomer : at ma–zelicha leh-havin Et Ze? Do you know what this is? “Can you manage to understand this?” “colloquial” Do you get it? Ma ze? anti… ma? What is? “Anti …”What?”
- [5:39] Anat : antipasti … Antipasta [5:39]
- Tomer : ma ze? ani lo makir. What is this? I do not know?
- Anat : zat manah shal ya’rekot Ba’tanur. It’s a course/dish/meal, with vegetables from the oven… cha’tzel, betata, pelpal, batzal, kuurvit. Eggplant, sweet potato, pepper, onion, cauliflower…
- [5:43] Tomer : ahhhh. ani mevin. [8:37] Oh, I understand.
- [5:45] Anat : ani rotza marok teras Le’manah rishonah. I want corn soup for the first serving. [8:39]
- [5:49] Tomer : ani ma-zamin Et Ha-antipasti Le’manah rishonah….vat Ha-orf Le‘ manah ekorit- I am ordering the antipasta dish for a first course and the chicken for a main course. [8:44]
- [5:55] Anat : ani ma-zaminah Et Ha’dag Le’ manah ekorit. I am ordering the fish for the main course. [8:50]
- [5:59] Tomer : Va-ma rotza La-konot? And what [else] do you want to buy?
- [6:01] Anat : ani lo ma-zelicha La-(c)helit… glidah oi oogat Ha-geve’nah-? I can’t decide to order either ice cream or cheesecake?
- [6:05] Tomer : ani rotza et Ha-glidah. I want ice cream. [8:59]
- [6:07] Anat : Tov, ani ma-zaminah Et oogat Ha-g1eve’nah-
  - [6:11-23] Anat on the phone to restaurant/mesada: Halo: anuknu rotzim La-ma-zaminim me’shlo(c)ha. We want to order for delivery.
- [6:25-28] Anat : Ma! atem lo aoshim me’shlo(c)him!! You don’t make deliveries!! [9:20]
  
  הסוף – the end – h’sef

IV. Nikkud

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הסוף the end h’sef

Questions and Answer sheets are below: The Closing

Vocabulary and Phrases Found within the dialogue are above

Adjectives-vocabulary -none

Vocabulary & Verbs Usage Reminder

Only three verb tense – Past, Present, Future

Comments

Moderately long lesson about 10-minutes.
Beginning is conjugations of verbs:
Advice: Continue to take it slow. Use transliterations. Open video in new window and view them side-by-side. If there is something that you do not understand, please, do send me a “message or comment” or email.

Shalom and See you soon! Shalom ve’ le’hetriot!

Review of the pronouns

“who” = he m/s; is “hem” = they (masculine plural); “who” = she f/s hen” = they (f- plural), “gam” = also. “anachnu” = we. “atah” = you (m-s). “at” = you (f/s); “atem” = you (m/f-pl); “aten” = you (f-pl). The words for “this”, “these.” “Zi, Ze, & Zot”

Use this or any video to return to often whenever you feel the need. Suggestion: Also use the YouTube site w/ Daniel and use the script above to help. Open in a separate window.

Closing Conclusion

Learn Hebrew: Lesson 16 – The Food Delivery – The 5th Verb Group: • Jul 5, 2018 Learn Hebrew with Daniel

In this lesson you we learned the present form of the 5th verb group in Hebrew! We l also learned new food vocabulary and we listened to what happened when Tomer and Anat wanted to order food delivery.

Exercises: https://goo.gl/24NYEf Answers: https://goo.gl/ouSsgv

Up Next: Learn Hebrew: Lesson 17 – Can you help me? – Inflection of של, adverbs, needs & abilities. Learn Hebrew with Daniel

Don’t be discouraged, rather be empowered. Namaste.

Find your peace while you study & let’s stay the course. Shalom.

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Images/Videos by: Fig. 1 Featured Image: “Food Delivery” from Cayman Compass. Fig. 2 Meal Kits Meal Kit & Food Delivery Safety” from lutheranhomessc.com. Fig. 3 The Spruce-Eats- “the 6 Cheapest Meal Delivery Services” from the Spruce Eats. Fig. 4 Down Home “Down Home Delivery & Catering “ from downhomedelivery.com. Fig. 5 Down Home “Down Home Delivery & Catering “ from downhomedelivery.com. Video-Lesson: “The Food Delivery & %th-Verb Group” Lesson 16 w/ Daniel Gaynor; Recorded Jul 25, 2018; Tables from Judaism 101.

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Learning Hebrew. A Series. Week 15 and Lesson 15: “The Apartment”

Hebrew

Shalom everyone: “Ma nishma?” This week in Lesson 15, we going to learn how to ask and to view an apartment: We are at Lesson 15– “The Apartment”

SETTING: An Apartment in Tel Aviv Being Shown by Oree
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Lesson Synopsis & Overview

In this lesson we will learn how to use the word אֶת in Hebrew and we will talk about the construct form. We will also visit an apartment in Tel Aviv and learn the names of all the different rooms. This is Lesson 15: “The Apartment” featuring Oree.

Table 1: Other Nikkud

Table 2: Ivrit Alef-Bet

Hadar Ambathia–Bathroom

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I. Vocabulary of The Apartment [0:27] w/ transliterations

- et : the
  - (definite article vs ‘a/an’ indefinite articles) (aleph+tav) [0:16-26]
  - used after a verb e.g. He went to the store-
  - the verb is followed by a name [1:10]
  - Recognizing a definite direct object- the letter “hey/hei” ה in front of a noun e.g. ha’sefer [0:44](hey/hei+samech+pe/fe+resh)
    - e.g. he koret et ha’safer – She reads the book. [0:45]
    - e.g. hem me’ vo’ kohr’im et ha’moreh – They are visiting the teacher . or
    - When followed by a name–
    - e.g. hen me’hopsot et “edo” : They (f-pl) are looking for Edo/Ado – the verb used is followed by a name [1:11
- ha’safer : the book (hei+samech+fe+resh) [0:44]
- hen me’hopsot et “edo” : They (f-pl) are looking for Edo/Ado – the verb is followed by a name [1:11]
- hanoot : shop (hei+nun+vav+tav)
- b’ gadrim : clothing (bet+gimel+dalet+yod+mem_sofit) [1:28]
- beit : house [1:48] bet+yud+tav)
- safer : book (samech+fe+resh)
- ba’it safer : school
- ba’it kafe : coffee shop
- heder : (a) room (cheit+dalet+resh) [2:33]
- yeladim : children
- hadar yeladim : children’s room [2:42]
- ambathia : bath [2:48] (alef+mem+bet+tet+yud+hei)
- shna : sleeping (shin+nun+hei–shin+nun+hei) [2:55]
- hedrai shna : Bedrooms [3:25]
- beit (s) = batim (pl) [3:37] in a semikud beit becomes “bait” as in the following:
- Schools = bataa safer [3:44] (bet+tav+yod)
- shakolat : chocolate shin+vav+qof+vav+lamed+dalet
- oogat shokolat : chocolate cake [4:17]
- oogot shokolat : chocolate cakes [4:30]
- ro'(c)hovot : streets
- cheifa : Haifa [4:38]
Vocabulary continues [4:50]
- dera : Apartment (dalet+yod+reah+cheit) [4:53]
- salon : Living Room (samech+ lamed+vav+nun_sofit) [4:58]
- merpeset : Balcony (mem+resh+pe+sameck+tav) [5:00]
- mitbach : Kitchen (mem+tet+bat+cheit) [5:07]
- sharotim : Toilets or Services (shin+resh+vav+tav+yod/yud+mem_sofit) [5:12]
- le’ad : near (lamed+yud+dalet) [5:17] e.g. the shop is near the house – ha’chnoot le’ad ha’beit. [5:26]
- rachok me– : far (resh+cheit+vav+qof+ mem-) [5:29] e.g. the shop is far from the house— ha’chnoot rachok_”cha” me– ha’beit [5:31]
The Dialogue begins below…

II. Construct Form “semikud” (samech+mem+yud+kaf+vav+tav) (English= compound words e.g foot+ball = football) [1:20] w/ transliterations

hanoot b’gadim : Clothes Shop (hei+nun+vav+tav– bet+gimel+dalet+yod+mem_sofit) [1:31]
- - h’noot = shop, & be’gadim = clothes; or [the] clothes-shop [1:40] sometimes the first word of the compound construct changes: (see below)
bA-it +sefer : School
- - beit = house, & safer = book; or (the) School [1:59]
  - the sound of beit for house changes to bait [2:08]
bait +kafe : Coffee House (bet+yod +tav– qof+fe+hei) [2:13]
- - bait = house, & kafe = coffee; or [the} coffee shop (coffee house) [2:22]
hadar +yeladim : Children’s Room (child’s bedroom) (cheit +dalet+resh–yud/yod+lamed+dalet+yod+mem_sofit) [2:42]
- - hadar = (a) room, & yeladim = children or = (the) Children’s Bedroom
hadar +ambathia : Bathroom (cheit +dalet+resh–alef+mem+bet+tet+yud+hei) [2:48]
- - (hadar = (a) room, & ambathia = bath or = (the) Bathroom
hadar +shna : Bedroom (cheit +dalet+resh–shin+nun+hei–shin+nun+hei) [2:54]
- - (hadar = (a) room, & shana = sleeping or = (the) Bedroom
  - Notes: Forming Plurals-1st Noun: The masculine plural form ending “IM” ‘im’ Is changed to “A” w/ yud
  - e.g. heder = (cheit+ dalet+resh) plural is hedarim. In construct now becomes hedrai sh’na (cheit+dalet+resh+yud) [3:22]
  - hedrai shna : Bedrooms [3:25]
    - beit (s) bait in compound and bataa (pl) safer : Schools [3:44]
  - *If first word in semikud is plural, the spelling remains the same
  - The feminine plurals with 1st Noun ending in “ta” or ‘tav’, there is no change. [3:54] e.g. h’noot = (cheit+ nun+vav+tav) plural is stable [3:57]
    - hanoot b’gadim : Clothes Shop(s) (hei+nun+vav+tav– bet+gimel+dalet+yod+mem_sofit)
  - The feminine plurals with 1st Noun ending in “ha” or ‘hei’ ה, we change the ending to “tav”ת [4:05]
    - e.g. oogah = cake (ayin+ vav+gimel+ hei) plural is changed to (ayin+ vav+gimel+ tav) = oogat [4:11]
  - *If the plural form ends in “ot” or “vav+tav” nothing is changed.
  - whether it is feminine or masculine [4:25]
  - e.g. oogot shokolat = chocolate cakes plural is changed to (ayin+ vav+gimel+ tav) = oogot [4:30]
r'(c)hovot +cHaifa : Streets of Haifa [4:38] (resh +cheit+vav+bet+vav+tav–cheit+yod+fe+hei) r’ch’vot = streets; chaifa =Haifa or Streets of Haifa [4:41-48]
Mitbach–Kitchen
Fig 4

III. Daniel at Oree’s apartment, Tel Aviv [5:40–7:42] Dialogue w/ Hebrew [8:02]
[5:48] Daniel to Olee on the phone: Alo Olee? Hi Olee?
Olee on the phone to Daniel: Hi, ma’ nishma?
Daniel: beseder ma’nishma? [5:53] [I’m] Okay, how are you?
Olee: beseder, atah ba lerot et he’dorah Okay. Are you coming to rent the apartment? [7:52-59]
Daniel: ken! b’azo v’ hetzi? Yes, in half and hour?
Olee: sebaba, le’hetriot ! Okay! See you soon! [8:45]

Fig 4

Hadar Shna–Bedroom

Fig 5

III. Oree and Daniel’s Dialogue w/ Hebrew Continues [8:45]

- Oree: sebaba, le’hetriot ! Okay! See you soon! [8:45] Daniel: Bye [8:48]

Oree in person w/ Daniel: Shalom korim l’ Oree, ani garah b’tel aviv v’yesh li sheti banoot. Hi I am Oree [I am called] Oree, and I live in Tel Aviv, and I have two daughters.

Daniel: yesh bait-safer le’ad ha’ biet? Is there a school near the house?
Oree: ken, yesh bait-safer le’ad ha’ biet, bait-kafe, hanoot b’gadim. Yes, there is a school near the house, a coffee shop and clothes shops. [9:03]
Daniel: kama ha’drim yesh? How many rooms are there?
Oree: yesh badarah, ar’ba ha’drim. yesh ha’salon ! The apartment has 4-rooms ! [Over] There is the living room [9:08-9:12]

Oree shows Daniel the Apartment. [9:14]

- zot ha‘merpeset. atah ro’ach ha’ r'(c)hovot? This the Balcony. [9:17] You see the street?
- zeh mitbach : This is the Kitchen [9:27]
- hadar-ambathia : Bathroom [9:38]
- sharotim : Toilets; [9:50]
- hadar-shna : Bedroom [10:00];
- hadar-yeladim : Children’s Room [10:08]
- od hadar-yeladim : More/Another children’s room
- Daniel : yesh shi’te hedrai yeladim? [10:22] There are two children’s bedrooms?
- Oree: ken yesh shi’te hedrai yeladim. Yes, there are two children’s bedrooms. [10:22]
- Daniel : toda, le’hetriot ! Thank you! See you soon! Oree : le’hetriot ! [10:30] See you later!