Small Talk Recognition

Reference Sheet - Study these phrases

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#	English	Hebrew	Transliteration
1	What's up? (The most common casual greeting in Hebrew)	מָה נִשְׁמָע?	MA nish-MA?
2	What's new?	מָה חָדָשׁ?	MA kha-DASH?
3	Where are you from? (To female: אַתְּ (AT))	מֵאֵיפֹה אַתָּה?	me-EI-fo a-TA?
4	I'm from...	אֲנִי מֵ...	a-NI ME...
5	What do you do? (Refers to work/profession; to female: מָה אַתְּ עוֹשָׂה (MA AT o-SA))	מָה אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה?	MA a-TA o-SE?
6	I work in... (Male speaker; female: עוֹבֶדֶת (o-VE-det))	אֲנִי עוֹבֵד בְּ...	a-NI o-VED BE...
7	Do you like Israel? (To female: אַתְּ אוֹהֶבֶת (AT o-HE-vet))	אַתָּה אוֹהֵב אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל?	a-TA o-HEV et yis-ra-EL?
8	The weather is nice today	מֶזֶג הָאֲוִיר נֶחְמָד הַיּוֹם	ME-zeg ha-a-VIR nekh-MAD ha-YOM

Small Talk Recognition

Exercise: Match English to Hebrew

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Match each English phrase (1–8) with its Hebrew translation (A–H).

English

1. What's up?

2. What's new?

3. Where are you from?

4. I'm from...

5. What do you do?

6. I work in...

7. Do you like Israel?

8. The weather is nice today

Hebrew

A. אֲנִי עוֹבֵד בְּ...

B. מָה נִשְׁמָע?

C. אֲנִי מֵ...

D. אַתָּה אוֹהֵב אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל?

E. מֵאֵיפֹה אַתָּה?

F. מָה אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה?

G. מָה חָדָשׁ?

H. מֶזֶג הָאֲוִיר נֶחְמָד הַיּוֹם

Small Talk Recognition

Answer Key

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Matching Answers

6-A (I work in...) 1-B (What's up?) 4-C (I'm from...) 7-D (Do you like Israel?) 3-E (Where are you from?) 5-F (What do you do?) 2-G (What's new?) 8-H (The weather is nice today)