Description: This lesson contains some basic greetings. There are approximately 10 vocabulary words and 5 phrases. This lesson has no prerequisite lessons, although the Aleph-Bet would be useful.

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Vocabulary

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Interjections

Hebrew-Large| שָׁלוֹם Hello; Goodbye; Peace Shalom
Hebrew-Large| בְּסֵדֶר OK; Alright B'seder Hebrew-Vocab| בּרוּך הֵבָּא! |welcome|interjection| Barukh Ha-Ba

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Adjectives

Hebrew-Vocab|טוֹבָה|good|feminine, singular|tova Hebrew-Vocab|טוֹב|good|masculine, singular|tov
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Nouns

; בֹּקֶר: morning (boker)

; צָהֳרַיִם: afternoon (tzohora'im)

; עֶרֶב: evening (erev)

; לַיְלָה: night (lilah)



; מָה : what (ma)

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Phrases

; לְהִתְרָאוֹת: See you (Lehitra-ot)

; ?מָה שְלוֹמְךָ: How are you? (to a man; Ma sh'lomkha) ; ?מָה שְלוֹמֵך: How are you? (to a woman; Ma sh'lomekh)

; : What is your name? (Ma Shimkha?) מה שמך?

; : My name is X. (Shmi hu X) שמי הוא X

Hebrew-Large| לַיְלָה טוֹב -- good night

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Use

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Example Dialog

?מָה שְלוֹמְךָ
בְּסֵדֶר
Translation: How are you (to a man)? Ok.

שָׁלוֹם
לילה טוֹב
?מָה שְלוֹמֵך
טוֹב
Translation: Hello. Good night. How are you (to a woman)? Good.

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Exercises

Translate the following conversation into Hebrew:

"Hello!" "How are you?"(Translate to a man, then a woman.) "Good." "Goodbye, and good night." "Goodbye."

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Related lessons

Hebrew/Basic 1

For a more advanced lesson on greetings, see Hebrew/Greetings2 (add there: I'm happy to/It's good to meet you. I'm fine. She is sick. )