{"id":815,"date":"2013-01-27T18:05:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T23:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=815"},"modified":"2014-08-28T10:14:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T14:14:10","slug":"visiting-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/visiting-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that you got the invitation to someone’s home, you’ve arrived! But, before you go in the door, there are a few things to keep in mind.<\/p>\n

You can never go wrong with bringing a \u05de\u05b7\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/span>. The perfect choices would be flowers or a bottle of \u05d9\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05e8<\/span>. Gifts can be in the $5 – $15 (USD) range. Anything $20 or more would be too much.<\/p>\n

Don’t think you’re there to eat, chat a little and you’re off. No, dinner at someone’s home will usually last the entire evening. Oh, and while you’re there, you never discuss business at someone’s home – you’re there to relax and enjoy the time, not worry about tomorrow’s sales.<\/p>\n

Okay, now that we have that done, let’s go in and have some \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05e2\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1<\/span>. Your host will greet you at the door and may tell you:<\/p>\n

Please, make yourself at home<\/strong>
\n(\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05b8\u05bc\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05d4<\/em>) \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> – said to a man
\n(\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05b8\u05bc\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05d4<\/em>) \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e9\u05b4\u05c1\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> – said to a woman
\n(\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05b8\u05bc\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05d4<\/em>) \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> – said to a group of people<\/p>\n

Remember what was written in the post on getting an invitation<\/a> – the gender of the sentence changes when you’re speaking to\/with a man or woman? It applies here too. Look at the endings of the word \u05d4\u05e8\u05d2\u05d9\u05e9<\/span>:<\/p>\n

to a man – \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1<\/span>
\nto a woman – \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e9\u05b4\u05c1\u05d9<\/span>
\nto a group – \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc<\/span><\/p>\n

Grammar alert!<\/h3>\n

Look at that again – the word \u05d4\u05e8\u05d2\u05d9\u05e9<\/span>, meaning ‘to feel’, begins with the letter hey<\/em> (\u05d4<\/span>), but in the sentence, it begins with a tav<\/em> (\u05ea<\/span>). This is due to the host making a request – that you come in the house. This is a way of using the future tense of a verb to make requests. This changing of hey<\/em> to tav<\/em> is also coupled with the ending (compare them with these:
\n
\n\u05ea\u05bc…<\/span> for men,
\n\u05ea\u05bc…\u05d9<\/span> for women and
\n\u05ea\u05bc…\u05d5\u05bc<\/span> for a group).<\/p>\n

Now that you’re inside the house, give them a compliment (everyone likes to hear how beautiful their home is<\/em>)…<\/p>\n

What a beautiful home! – \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05d9\u05b8\u05e4\u05b6\u05d4!<\/span>
\nYou have a beautiful home – \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05d9\u05b8\u05e4\u05b6\u05d4!<\/span><\/p>\n

You make be asked to sit either in the waiting\/living area until dinner is served,<\/p>\n

Please take a seat:<\/strong>
\n\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05b8\u05bc\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05d4, \u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05d1.<\/span>
\n\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05b8\u05bc\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05d4, \u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or you may seat yourself:
\nIs this seat taken? – \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1?<\/span>
\nIs this seat free? – \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e4\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9?<\/span><\/p>\n

The use of \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4<\/span> is optional. It means “this”, so you can actually say \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05c1\u05d1 \u05ea\u05e4\u05d5\u05e1\/\u05e4\u05e0\u05d5\u05d9?<\/span> and still be correct in an idiomatic way. Trust me, you’ll sound more fluent in Hebrew when you use idioms. It’s up to you.<\/p>\n

Okay, so now we made it to the house and it’s time to eat! Are you ready? Good, because \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d1!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Now that you got the invitation to someone’s home, you’ve arrived! But, before you go in the door, there are a few things to keep in mind. You can never go wrong with bringing a \u05de\u05b7\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4. The perfect choices would be flowers or a bottle of \u05d9\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05e8. Gifts can be in the $5 –…<\/p>\n

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