LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #16

Responding with Interjections in
Hebrew

CONTENTS
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Hebrew
English
Romanization
Vowelled
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Vocabulary Phrase Usage
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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HEBREW
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:PETER

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:SARAH

.2

:PETER

.3

? !

:SARAH

.4

. ...

:PETER

.5

. -!

:SARAH

.6

ENGLISH
1.

PETER:

This is my family's photo album.

2.

SARAH:

Nice! (turns pages) Who's this?

3.

PETER:

That's my younger sister.

4.

SARAH:

She's cute! Who's this?

5.

PETER:

Ahthat's me.

6.

SARAH:

What! You are so young!

ROMANIZATION

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1.

PETER:

Zeh sefer ha-tmunot shel ha-mishpaah sheli.

2.

SARAH:

Yafeh! (midafdefet ba-dapim) Mi zot?

3.

PETER:

Zot ha-aot ha-ktanah sheli.

4.

SARAH:

Hi amudah! Mi zeh?

5.

PETER:

Ah zeh ani.

6.

SARAH:

Mah! Atah kol-kakh tzair.

VOWELLED
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:PET ER

.1

?
(

! )

:SARAH

.2

:PET ER

.3

?!

:SARAH

.4

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:PET ER

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!

:SARAH

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VOCABULARY
He br e w

R omanization

English

acot

sister, nurse

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C lass

Ge nde r
feminine

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camudamud

Cute

Kol-kach

so, so much

Tzair

young

sefer

book

noun

masculine

mish'pachah

family

noun

feminine

tmuna

picture

noun

feminine

masculine

masculine

SAMPLE SENTENCES
?

Mah ha-shem shel ha-aot shelakh?

acot sheli garah be-germania.

Whats the name of your sister?

My sister lives in Germany.

. -

Eizeh kelev camud!

Hi kol-kakh gavohah.

What a cute dog!

Shes so tall.

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Kshe-hayiti tzair, ahavti lirkov al ofanayim.

Ha-sefer hayah aroch meod.

When I was young, I loved to ride bikes.

The book was very long.

Ha-mishpaah shel Nir gdolah.

Ani ohevet et ha-mishpacah sheli.

Nirs family is big.

I love my family.

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The family is eating dinner.

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Zot tmunah shel ha-kelev sheli.

This is a picture of my dog.

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zo tmunah yafa

It's a nice picture.

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

A sefer is a "book" in Hebrew. It comes from the root ..., which encompasses words
relating to counting and telling or informing.

T'munah is a "picture," and we can also use it to describe both a photograph and a drawing of
something.

Acot is the word for "sister" as well as "nurse." Since this word already has an ending like a
plural ending, the plural is
( acayot).

Chamud means "cute," and we can also use it as a term of endearment, meaning "sweetie."
We use it with children, but we can also use it among adults.
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Kol-kach is made of up of two words "all" and "thus," and it means "so" or "so much." We use
it to reinforce the extent to which something is true.

GRAMMAR
Th e Fo cu s o f Th i s L e sso n Is U si n g In te rj e cti o n s i n H e bre w .
!
!

Ya fe h !
"N i ce !"

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You use interjections in Hebrew much in the same way as you do in English. They may stand
on their own, but they are part of the larger idea of the whole context of the conversation. We
use them in spoken Hebrew, but they are usually taken from adjectives used in the language
itself. Here are some other interjections that we use often in Hebrew.
H e bre w

Vo w e l e d

R o m a n i z a ti o n

"En g l i sh "

Metzuyan!

"Excellent!"

Yofi!

"Great!"

Mehamem!

"Stunning!"

Oy va'avoy

"How awful!"

!?!

!?!

Mah!?!

"What!?!"

Lo nachon!

"Not true!"

Chaval!

"Pity!"

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Wi l l Yo u H a ve to Sa y "C h e e se " fo r th e C a m e ra i n Isra e l ?

Israelis aren't as photography crazy as people in other countries may be. The concept of
professional photography is an underdeveloped one in Israel. You are most likely to have
professional photos taken for your wedding or bar mitzvah and that's about it. Most families
don't have professional photos taken throughout the years like they do in the United States.
Senior photos are also not even part of going to high school.
When it comes to taking photos yourself, Israelis like to do this but they are not crazy about it.
If they have a camera with them, they take photos. There is no need to take photos of every
moment of the day. Israelis are most likely to take photos only on special occasions and on
special trips.

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