Phrase card
My neighbourhood
Nine phrases you’ll actually use. Where a phrase changes for a man or a woman, both forms are shown (man / woman).
| There are lots of kids in my neighbourhoodba-shchuna sheli yesh harbe yeladim | בַּשְּׁכוּנָה שֶׁלִּי יֵשׁ הַרְבֵּה יְלָדִים |
| Where do you live?eifo ata gar / at gara? | אֵיפֹה אַתָּה גָּר / אַתְּ גָּרָה? |
| It's a quiet neighbourhoodzot shchuna shketa | זֹאת שְׁכוּנָה שְׁקֵטָה |
| My neighbours are really niceha-shchenim sheli mamash nechmadim | הַשְּׁכֵנִים שֶׁלִּי מַמָּשׁ נֶחְמָדִים |
| There's a corner shop downstairsyesh makolet mitachat la-bayit | יֵשׁ מַכֹּלֶת מִתַּחַת לַבַּיִת |
| The council needs to take care of the pavementha-iriya tsricha letapel ba-midracha | הָעִירִיָּה צְרִיכָה לְטַפֵּל בַּמִּדְרָכָה |
| This place is hauntedha-makom ha-ze reduf ruchot | הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה רְדוּף רוּחוֹת |
| I've lived here for yearsani gar / gara kan kvar shanim | אֲנִי גָּר / גָּרָה כָּאן כְּבָר שָׁנִים |
| Come visit!bo / bo'i levaker! | בּוֹא / בּוֹאִי לְבַקֵּר! |
Want to say these out loud with other learners? The free Hebrew Hour is on Zoom once a month. Next: Sunday 13 December, 8:45pm Israel (1:45pm New York / 10:45am LA), or Monday 14 December, 11:30am Israel (8:30pm Melbourne / Sydney).
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