Conjunctions
Free Heblish Challenge – January 2010 – Training – Day 8:
Hi!
Day 8 and the last lesson in January.
Now that we have completed one month of lessons, I must admit that preparing the lessons is taking more time than I had anticipated. Also, several students have mentioned that they are struggling to keep up. With that in mind, I have decided to have only one lesson a week (on Thursdays) beginning in February. I really want to keep the lessons of high quality and free of charge, so I think this change in our schedule will be beneficial to all.
But, this is not to say that you are going to take a vacation! I’m still waiting to read your questions of “how should I say _______ in Hebrew.” As I mentioned in Lesson 7, you can “Leave a Reply” at the bottom of the page, and I will respond to you.
In our previous lesson we talked about the conjunctions “and,” (ve) and “the” (ha) and we also looked at some new words regarding “food,” like dag, chips…
So what we are going to learn today?
Today’s menu: “Also,” and “for me”
Also
For “also” we say “gam.”
Therefore, to say: “Fish and French fries and also ketchup,” you should say: Dag ve‘chips ve’gam ketchup.”
In Hebrew we use the same word as you do for ketchup.
If you want to be polite, you can add the word “bevakasha” (please) which we learned in Lesson 3: Dag ve‘chips ve’gam ketchup, bevakasha.
More examples:
I have a car and also a truck – I have a car ve‘gam a truck.
The fish is good, and also the salad – ha‘dag tov ve‘gam ha‘salat
For me
In Hebrew “for me” is only one word: bishvili
Bishvil is “for.” The last “i” makes it “for me.”
For me – bishvili
For him – bishvilo
For her – bishvila
Example:
For me, lamb and baked potatoes, and for her, fish and French fries and also ketchup, please.
Wow, what a long sentence…
Bishvili, lamb and baked potatoes,
ve‘bishvila dag ve‘chips ve‘gam ketchup, bevakasha.
Let’s learn two more words before we go on:
Lamb – keves
Baked potatoes – tapu^ey adama
Now let’s do it again, but slowly:
For me, lamb and baked potatoes, and for her, fish and French fries and also ketchup, please.
For me – bishvili
Lamb – keves
And baked potatoes – ve‘tapu^ey adama
And for her – ve‘bishvila
Fish – dag
And French fries – ve‘chips
And also – ve‘gam
Ketchup – ketchup
Please – bevakasha.
Bishvili, keves ve‘tapu^ey adama, ve‘bishvila dag ve‘chips ve‘gam ketchup, bevakasha.
Shoot me!… 😉
I’m waiting for your questions.
Lehitraot in Lesson 9.
