lessons 15 and 16 

 

 anee ochelet ugat shokolad

 

 

 

אני אוכלת עוגתשוקולד

 

 

Shalom, today's lesson is all about eating and drinking:

 

אני אוכל                        anee ochel                                    I eat (masc.)

אני אוכלת                      anee ochelet                                 I eat (fem.)

עוגה                              ugah                                              cake

עוגת גבינה                      ugat gvinah                                  cheese cake

עוגת שוקולד                   ugat shokolad                               chocolate cake

מה אתה אוכל                  mah ata ochel?                             what do you eat? (masc.)

אני אוכל עוגת גבינה         anee ochel ugah                            I eat cheese cake (masc.)

מה את אוכלת                   mah at ochelet?                           what do you eat? (fem.)

אני אוכלת עוגת שוקולד     anee ochelet ugat shokolad          I eat chokolate cake (fem.)

אני שותה                          anee shoteh                                  I drink (masc.)

  

אני שותה                         anee shotah                                   I drink (fem.)

מה היא שותה                   mah hee shotah                             what does she drink?

מה הוא שותה                   mah hu shoteh                              what does he drink?

היא שותה קפה                 hee shotah kafeh                          she drinks coffee

הוא שותה מים                   hu shoteh ma'im                          he drinks water

and the exercises can be found here:

http://www.memrise.com/course/78569/modern-hebrew-for-beginners-2/

new verbs:

ochel - ochelet (eat)
shoteh - shotah (drink)


composit words:

we already had bait kafeh where the two nouns are just put next to each other.
Other combinations are a little more complex:
ougat gvinah is one example, here the ougah needs a -t to combine with the gvinah
In Hebrew the stand alone form ougah is called the absolute state and the form needed
for combinations is called constructed state.

The rules on this are not so hard and fast as we would like them to be. The easiest way
out is to learn the composite words as they come along and not to try and construct them
on your own. But hey, even if you did, people would certainly understand what you're
trying to say, so don't worry too much about it. It's the kind of thing that usually solves
itself over time. Once you're more familiar with the language it'll be easy.