{"id":832,"date":"2013-02-12T11:46:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=832"},"modified":"2014-08-28T10:16:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T14:16:01","slug":"who-are-you-i-am-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/who-are-you-i-am-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are you? I am David"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, we&#8217;ll learn how to meet people, say who you are and ask who they are in an informal situation. Before we begin, take some time to look over the vocabulary used in this lesson and listen to the audio for the pronunciation:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-832-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/02\/vocabulary.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/02\/vocabulary.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/02\/vocabulary.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d5\u05b0<\/span> (<em>vuh\/v<\/em>) &#8211; and<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9<\/span> (<em>ah-NEE<\/em>) &#8211; I<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05b7\u05e8<\/span> (<em>mahr<\/em>) &#8211; Mr.<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea<\/span> (<em>mahr-AHT<\/em>) &#8211; Mrs.\/Ms.<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05b4\u05d9<\/span> (<em>mee<\/em>) &#8211; who<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (<em>ah-TAH<\/em>) &#8211; you (<em>masc.<\/em>)<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea<\/span> (<em>aht<\/em>) &#8211; you (<em>fem.<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05e1<\/span> &#8211; David Williams<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05e9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05e1<\/span> &#8211; Sarah Williams<br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05e0\u05df \u05db\u05d5\u05d4\u05df<\/span> &#8211; Johanan Kohen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Ready To Begin?<\/h3>\n<p>First, let&#8217;s say who we are. So we take the word <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9<\/span> and then add our name. I am Johanan: <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05e0\u05df<\/span><\/p>\n<p>David would say &#8220;<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3<\/span>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Now you try it with your name. <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Say these in Hebrew:<br \/>\nI am Sarah<br \/>\nI am Johanan<\/p>\n<h3>Who Are You?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s ask the other person who they are. You&#8217;ll need two words from the vocabulary list above. They are &#8220;who&#8221; and &#8220;you&#8221;. But you&#8217;ll see one thing that may stop you for a moment (<em>here comes the grammar<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s actually two words for &#8220;you&#8221; in this case &#8211; The masculine form: <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05ea\u05d4<\/span> and the feminine form: <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05ea<\/span>. Here&#8217;s where that grammar rule comes in. I briefly touched on it in a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/invitations-to-dinner\" target=\"_blank\">previous post<\/a>. All nouns, adjectives and verbs in Hebrew have a masculine and feminine form &#8211; depending on who is talking to whom. Let&#8217;s take a look by example.<\/p>\n<p>You want to know who that guy is across the room, or standing next to you. So you would ask him <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4?<\/span>. You would ask this question, using the masculine form of the word &#8220;you&#8221; to a man, or a male child.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going to ask a woman, or a female child, you would ask <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea?<\/span> with the feminine form.<\/p>\n<p>In the lessons, I&#8217;ll be indicating these masculine and feminine forms in the vocabulary lists with <strong><em>masc.<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>fem.<\/em><\/strong> so you&#8217;ll be grammatically correct.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at a short conversation using what we&#8217;ve learned so far. David sees a woman, walks up to her and says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: rtl;\"><span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd, \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3. \u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea?<\/span><br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e9\u05e8\u05d4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If David was talking to a man, what do you think he would&#8217;ve asked?<\/p>\n<h3>Check Yourself<\/h3>\n<p>1. <strong>Answer in Hebrew:<\/strong> <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05e9\u05c1\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd, \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e0\u05d0\u05d9. \u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea?<\/span><br \/>\n2. <strong>Ask in Hebrew:<\/strong> Your friend, David, has someone with him, ask who he\/she is.<\/p>\n<p>Read this dialogue and see how much you can understand:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: rtl;\"><span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05e9\u05c2\u05e8\u05d4: \u05e9\u05c1\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd, \u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4?<\/span><br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3: \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3, \u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4?<\/span><br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05e8 \u05db\u05d5\u05d4\u05df: \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e8 \u05db\u05d5\u05d4\u05df, \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea, \u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea?<\/span><br \/>\n<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05e8\u05ea \u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05e1: \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e8\u05ea \u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05e1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See the word &#8220;<span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d5\u05d0\u05ea<\/span> (<em>v-aht<\/em>)&#8221;? This is how to write &#8220;and you&#8221;. The word <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05d5<\/span> (<em>and<\/em>) is always attached to the word that follows.<\/p>\n<h4>Cultural Awareness<\/h4>\n<p>Going through this lesson, you may think that asking &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; sounds a little rude. Well, it does in English. But in Hebrew, this is a commonly used alternative to <span dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-size: 21px; font-family: times new roman;\">\u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05de\u05da?<\/span> (<em>what is your name?<\/em>) in an informal situation. So feel free to use it, and don&#8217;t be offended if someone asks you the same.<\/p>\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/meeting-and-greeting\" target=\"_blank\">Meeting and Greeting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/02\/who_are_you-350x237.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/02\/who_are_you-350x237.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/02\/who_are_you.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In this post, we&#8217;ll learn how to meet people, say who you are and ask who they are in an informal situation. 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