Small Talk Writing

Exercise 1: Translate to Hebrew

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Write the Hebrew translation and transliteration for each English phrase.

#	English	Write Hebrew	Transliteration
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

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Exercise 2: Translate to English

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Read each Hebrew phrase and write the English meaning.

#	Hebrew	Transliteration
1	מֵאֵיפֹה אַתָּה?	me-EI-fo a-TA?
2	אֲנִי מֵ...	a-NI ME...
3	מָה חָדָשׁ?	MA kha-DASH?
4	אֲנִי עוֹבֵד בְּ...	a-NI o-VED BE...
5	מָה נִשְׁמָע?	MA nish-MA?
6	מֶזֶג הָאֲוִיר נֶחְמָד הַיּוֹם	ME-zeg ha-a-VIR nekh-MAD ha-YOM
7	אַתָּה אוֹהֵב אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל?	a-TA o-HEV et yis-ra-EL?
8	מָה אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה?	MA a-TA o-SE?

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Exercise 3: Unscramble the Hebrew

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Unscramble the Hebrew letters to form the correct phrase. Use the English hint.

ה ש מ נ ע מ

(What's up?)

ש ח ד מ ה

(What's new?)

ת פ א ה מ ה א י

(Where are you from?)

נ א י מ

(I'm from...)

ת ה ו ש ע ה ה מ א

(What do you do?)

ד ב י ו ב א ע נ

(I work in...)

א ל ש ת ה ה א י א ר ת ב א ו

(Do you like Israel?)

ר נ ז מ ח י ו א מ ג ה י ד ה ם ו

(The weather is nice today)

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Answer Key

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What's up? = מָה נִשְׁמָע? (MA nish-MA?) What's new? = מָה חָדָשׁ? (MA kha-DASH?) Where are you from? = מֵאֵיפֹה אַתָּה? (me-EI-fo a-TA?) I'm from... = אֲנִי מֵ... (a-NI ME...) What do you do? = מָה אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה? (MA a-TA o-SE?) I work in... = אֲנִי עוֹבֵד בְּ... (a-NI o-VED BE...) Do you like Israel? = אַתָּה אוֹהֵב אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל? (a-TA o-HEV et yis-ra-EL?) The weather is nice today = מֶזֶג הָאֲוִיר נֶחְמָד הַיּוֹם (ME-zeg ha-a-VIR nekh-MAD ha-YOM)