lessons 19 and 20
mah hasha'a?
?מה השעה
what time is it???
don't forget to practice at
סליחה
slichah excuse me
מה
השעה mah
hasha'a? what time is it? (what is the hour?)
שעה
sha'ah hour
השעה
hasha'ah the hour
שמונה
shmoneh eight
עשר
esser ten
ערב
erev evening
בוקר
boker morning
השעה
שמונה בערב ha sha'a
shmoneh ba'erev it is eight in the evening
( the hour (is) eight in the evening )
( the hour (is) eight in the evening )
השעה
עשר בבוקר
ha sha'a esser baboker it
is ten in the morning
( the hour (is) tenin the morning )
( the hour (is) tenin the morning )
what time is it?
this is very straight foreward:
mah hasha'ah? = what the hour? = what time is it?
numbers
we meet the first numbers in this lesson. Numbers can be a bit tricky because 1 -10 come in a feminine and a masculine form according to the noun they count. For simple simple counting one uses the feminine form. But not to worry we'll do it slowly. So, for today just two feminine numbers because sha'ah (hour) is feminine:
shmoneh = eight
esser = ten
(I am transcribing the s in עשר with two s because the pronounciation is not soft but rather sharp. A questionable compromise but hopefully it indicates the pronunciation well.)
the preposition be
we learned that be means in and at
now, when it combines with the definite article ha it becomes ba
be + ha = ba
be + ha + boker = baboker
be + ha + erev = ba'erev
be + ha + universitah = ba'universitah = at the university
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