{"id":318,"date":"2012-05-28T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T20:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=318"},"modified":"2012-05-28T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T20:33:59","slug":"asking-about-nationality-or-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/asking-about-nationality-or-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking About Nationality or Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Look at this short dialog:<\/p>\n

\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc<\/span>
\n\u05d2\u05dd \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc. \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><\/div>\n

Saying where you are from is pretty easy in Hebrew. All you need to do is add the suffix \u05de\u05b5-<\/span> – meh<\/strong> (or \u05de\u05b4-<\/span> – mee<\/strong>) in front of the place name:<\/p>\n

\u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05dc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d3<\/span> – meh-eer-lahnd<\/strong> (from Ireland)
\n\u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> – meh-ahn-glee-ah<\/strong> (from England<\/em>)
\n\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d3\u05b5\u05df<\/span> – mee-yahr-dehn<\/strong> (from Jordan<\/em>)
\n\u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b8\u05df<\/span> – mee-tey-mahn<\/strong> (from Yemen<\/em>)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2012\/05\/from_ireland.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nIf you noticed, the suffix \u05de\u05b4-<\/span> – mee<\/strong> becomes \u05de\u05b5-<\/span> – meh<\/strong> when it’s before a silent letter or a guttural letter (\u05e8<\/span>, \u05e2<\/span>, \u05ea<\/span>, \u05d4<\/span>, \u05d0<\/span>). But you’ll hear Israelis use \u05de\u05b4-<\/span> – mee<\/em><\/strong> in pretty much all cases.<\/p>\n

Asking about Someone Else<\/h3>\n

Let’s say you want to ask someone else where they’re from, or someone asks you where you’re from. The magic word to listen for is \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df?<\/span> – meh-‘ah-een<\/strong>.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2012\/05\/meayn.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4?<\/span> Where are you from? (masc<\/em>)
\n\u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05d0\u05ea?<\/span> – Where are you from? (fem<\/em>)
\n\u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0?<\/span> – Where is she from?
\n\u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05d4\ufb35\u05d0?<\/span> – Where is he from?<\/p>\n

Check Yourself<\/h3>\n

First, let’s look at some new words:<\/p>\n

New York – \u05e0\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05e7<\/span> – nyoo-york<\/strong>
\nJerusalem – \u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd<\/span> – yeh-roo-shah-lah-eem<\/strong>
\nMexico – \u05de\u05b6\u05e7\u05b0\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9<\/span> – mehk-see-koh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Say the following in Hebrew:<\/p>\n

1. You are from New York
\n2. I am from Jerusalem
\n3. He is from Israel
\n4. You are from Mexico<\/p>\n

Reading Practice<\/h3>\n

Can you understand the following conversation? See if you can translate it into English:<\/p>\n

\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9!<\/span> .A
\n\u05d4\u05d9! \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4?<\/span> .B
\n\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc. \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05ea?<\/span> .A
\n\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d2\u05b6\u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d9\u05d4.<\/span> .B
\n\u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0?<\/span> .A
\n\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4.<\/span> .B<\/div>\n
\n

But there’s more!<\/h3>\n

Besides asking where someone is from, you can also ask where something<\/em> is from. For example, \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05df?<\/span> – meh-‘ah-een hah-yah-yeen?<\/strong> (Where is the wine from?<\/em>). And you can say where it’s from: \u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05de\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05e4\u05b7\u05ea.<\/span> – hah-yah-yeen mee-tsahr-faht<\/strong> (The wine is from France<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\u05d4\u05b7<\/span> – hah<\/strong> (the<\/em>)
\n\u05d9\u05d9\u05df<\/span> – yah-yeen<\/strong> (wine<\/em>)
\n\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05d9\u05df<\/span> – hah-yah-yeen<\/strong> (the wine<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\u05d4\u05b7<\/span> (hah) is the Hebrew definite article. It is translated in English as “the<\/em>” and it is always attached to the word it belongs to.
\nCheck Yourself:<\/strong>
\nCan you say in Hebrew that the wine is from New York? England? Israel?<\/p>\n

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The recordings for this post is from Hebrew from Scratch – Book 1<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look at this short dialog: \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d2\u05dd \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc. \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 ah-nee mees-rah-ehl (I’m from Israel) gam ah-nee mees-rah-ehl. ah-nee mee-neh-tahn-yah (I’m also from Israel. I’m from Nethanya) Saying where you are from is pretty easy in Hebrew. All you need to do is add the suffix \u05de\u05b5- – meh (or \u05de\u05b4- – mee)…<\/p>\n

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