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Hi, everyone! Idit here. Today, we’re going to talk about 10 responses to “How are you?” in
Hebrew, of course.

1.

?‫מה שלומך‬

(Mah shlom'cha?) “How are you?”

So yeah, like this is the most common way to ask people in Hebrew how they are. You can also
say like, “Hey, what’s up?” or “How’s it going?” But the most simple way is

?‫מה שלומך‬

(Mah shlom'cha?).

2.

?‫ואתה‬

(ve-ata?) “And you?”

So after you’ve been asked “How are you?” and you’ve given your response, you would ask the
other person, “and you?”

?‫ואתה‬
(ve-ata?).
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3.

.‫אני בסדר‬

(ani beseder.) “I'm fine.”

Yeah, just

‫בסדר‬

(beseder) is literally just “fine.” It can be, “You know, fine” and it can be “fine.”

4.

.‫שלומי לא רע‬

(shlomi lo ra.) “I'm not bad.”

So I think people usually would say that after maybe they had a bit of a rough time, I don’t know,
like maybe at work or something personal and then when people ask them how they’re doing, so
they would say, “Oh, I’m not bad.” Like, you know, it’s getting better.

5.

.‫גם שלומי טוב‬

(gam shlomi tov.) “I'm fine too.”

When you say

‫גם‬

(gam) in the beginning of the sentence, it’s the same as saying in English “too,” but at the end of a
sentence. So in Hebrew, you would say it first,

.‫גם שלומי טוב‬

(gam shlomi tov.).
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6.

.‫אני ישנוני‬

(ani yashnuni.) “I'm sleepy.”

I think nowadays, it’s like very common thing to say, like, how you’re doing? I’m sleepy. When do
you guys actually wake up? I only wake up after I have a cup of coffee, and then maybe another
hour.

7.

.‫אני מרגיש רע‬

(ani margish ra.) “I'm feeling bad.”

So if you’re ill, usually yes, ill or having a headache, you would say that you feel bad. It’s not so
much as like an emotional thing or I’m hurting, I’m sad. It’s like I feel bad, I’m ill.

8.

.‫שלומי מצוין‬

(shlomi metzuyan.) “I'm great.”

When you’re really doing well like you’re really happy, like “I'm great.”

.‫מצוין‬

(metzuyan.).

9.

?‫איך הולך איתך‬

(E'ich holech it'cha?) “How have you been?”

So since in Hebrew we don’t have as much tenses as English and we don’t have all of the
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progressive tenses, it’s just past, present and future. When we try to ask like, “Oh, how have you
been doing the last few days?”, “How have you been doing the last few weeks?”

So you would say

?‫איך הולך איתך‬

(E'ich holech it'cha?) “How are things going for you?” Pretty much, that’s the literal translation.

10.

?‫מה נשמע‬

(ma nishma?) “What’s up?”

So this is like the number one most common expression in Israel when you ask people how
they’re doing, and it’s very friendly and casual. Like, when you say,

?‫מה נשמע‬

(ma nishma?)

It’s just like saying, “What’s up?” and the literal translation is like saying, “What is heard?” Like,
what do you have to tell me that is new? Please do. Please tell me. So that’s it. That’s

?‫מה נשמע‬

(ma nishma?)

So thanks, everyone, thank you for watching that video today. We discussed about how to
respond to “How are you?” Please let me know in the comments below, like, what are the most
surprising responses you’ve ever gotten. It’s like, “Oh, how are you?” “Yeah, my dog died...” you
know, stuff like that. And please don’t forget to subscribe to the channel and like up this video,
and also don’t forget to get into HebrewPod101.com for more content and more Hebrew, and I
will see you all next time.

‫להתראות‬

(leitraot).
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HebrewPod101.com
2017-10-11 18:30:00

Which word or phrase do you like the most?

HebrewPod101.com
2022-09-21 00:57:05

Shalom Alicia Lima,

Thanks for commenting on this lesson and sharing your question! ❤️

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Sure there are plenty of more ways to show interest in one's well-being, as well as answering.
Some common questions are:

?‫'( מה המצב‬ma ha-matsav', literally "what is the situation)

?‫'( מה איתך‬ma itkha' (m) / 'ma itakh' (f), literally "what with you?")
?‫'( מה העניינים‬ma ha-inyanim', literally "what are the matters?")

I hope these will be useful for you 😄

Keep up the good work!

Yours,
Roi
Team HebrewPod101.com

Alicia Lima
2022-09-14 23:11:18

I loved this video and was wondering if there were any more ways you to ask/reply? Todah

HebrewPod101.com
2022-05-05 18:43:23

Dear Samuel Santos,

Thank you for commenting and posting your phrases in Hebrew!

Perfectly written - well done!

Keep up the great work 👍👍

Yours,
Roi
Team HebrewPod101.com
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2022-04-20 20:17:48
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I feel fine
‫אני מרגיש מצוין‬

‫אני מרגיש בסדר‬.

I'm feeling fine.
‫תודה רבה לך‬
Thank you very much.
‫אני מאחל לכולכם את הטוב ביותר‬
I wish the best to all of you.

:)

HebrewPod101.com
2019-10-06 23:12:55

Hi Shelley, sunil and Yvonne,

Thank you all very much for posting!

@Yvonne - the conjugation "ve-ata" (‫ )ואתה‬means "and you" in the masculine form. The
feminine form is "ve-at" (‫)ואת‬.

Best,
Roi
Team HebrewPod101.com

Yvonne
2019-10-02 07:24:50

Thank you ! I really wish you could have helped us with the conjugation . Like for example : ve
ata is for a man or woman ?
Other than that , the lesson was SUPER !!!!!

sunil
2019-09-27 14:41:18
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Shelley
2017-11-11 04:01:28

Aha!

Hebrewpod101.com
2017-11-10 21:56:41

Hi Shelley,

I think I was misunderstood - I meant on the answer to another question of yours in a different
lesson about the same subject...
:) :) :)
Yours,
Roi
Team Hebrewpod101.com

Shelley
2017-11-03 23:55:57

Shalom Roi, Another place that I am not aware of! Where would I find the relevant lesson
comments?

Hebrewpod101.com
2017-11-03 20:35:19

Hi Shelley,

Thanks for posting.

Yes, I agree, please see my answer on the relevant lesson comments.

Yours,
Roi
Team Hebrewpod101.com

Shelley
 2017-10-27 23:16:42
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Shalom Roi, I just wrote you a post on another lesson about this. I think it has to do with the
descriptive word being used as an adjective or an adverb. Do you agree?

Hebrewpod101.com
2017-10-27 21:35:12

Hi Shelley,

Yes, it's a little tricky...

If a male says "I feel good" , it'll be -‫אני מרגיש טוב‬

a female, however - ‫אני מרגישה טוב‬.
The female "feels" in a feminine form, but the "good" (or any other adjective) stays as at first.

Clearer?

Yours,
Roi
Team Hebrewpod101.com

Shelley Goldenberg
2017-10-19 00:04:22

So if the "thing" is health or rather shalom-that must be masculine so the congugation is the
same for men and women? But if you start with I then the gender changes for I am sleepy or I
feel bad. Is bad an adverb and doesn't become feminine? Is this explained anywhere? I could
use a refresher.
How it goes with you and how's it going -are maybe just common usage and doesn't change
gender?

Hebrewpod101.com
2017-10-18 21:01:23

Hi Shelley,

Thanks for your comment!

 The gender in this case is unrelated to the gender of the speaker, and usually goes according to
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the thing it describes -
Allow me to fix your phrases -
‫שלומי מצוין‬
‫ואת‬
‫איך הולך‬
‫הולך איתך‬
‫גם שלומי טוב‬
‫אני ישנונית‬
‫אני מגישה רע‬
‫איך הולך‬

Yours,
Roi
Team Hebrewpod101.com

Shelley Goldenberg
2017-10-13 21:34:26

Do speakers commonly use the male gender for these expressions for women? or is it
preferred to use the female gender for women?
‫שלומי מצוינת‬
‫ואת‬
‫איך חוך‬
‫הולכת איתך‬
‫גם שלומי טובה‬
‫אני ישונית‬
‫אני מגישה רע‬
‫איך הולכת‬

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