Let's start from... well, from the beginning. At first let's learn how to say "Hello" and "Goodbye", "Good night" and "Good morning".
Try to memorize the words you learn here, read the little exercise at the end of this page, and try to understand it.
Please, note, that some expressions have two forms: talking to male and female is different in Hebrew.
| Shalom | Shalom | שָׁלוֹם |
| Good morning |
Boker tov |
בּוֹקֶר טוֹב |
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Good evening (when meeting someone) |
`Erev tov |
עֶרֶב טוֹב |
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Good night (When in English you say Goodbye or Sweet dreams) |
Layla tov |
לַיְלָה טוֹב |
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How are you doing? (m & f) Literally: How is your well-being? |
Ma shlomkha? (m) Ma shlomekh? (f) |
מַה שׁלוֹמךָ? |
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(It's) Ok. It's fine. Literally: (everything is) in order. |
Beseder (or Beseider) |
בְּסֵדֶר |
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It's Ok (Literally: Everything is in order) |
Ha-kol beseder | הַכֹּל בְּסֵדֶר |
| Very well | Tov me'od | טוֹב מְאוֹד |
| So-so. | Kakha-kakha | כָּכָה-כָּכָה |
| What's yout name? (m and f) |
Ma shimkha? Ma shmekh? |
מַה שִׁמךָ? |
| My name is ... | Shmi ... |
... שׁמִי |
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I'm pleased, It's my pleasure (Literally: "(it's) very pleasant") |
Na`im me'od |
נָעִים מְאוֹד |
| See you later. |
Lehitra'ot | לְהִתרָאוֹת |
Read it several times until you remember the conversation and can use the same expressions fluently.
Write your own conversation, move the phrases around, and write different variations of it. Read it out loudly.
שלום - ?שלום! מה שמך - .שמי דָוִיד - נעים מאוד - ?מה שלומך - .בסדר -