Week 1: Communicating (C+D)

Question 1

How are you? (proper)

Answer 1

Ma shlomech (f) / Ma Shlomcha (m)
מה שלומך?

Question 2

What’s up? (What’s the situation?)

Answer 2

Ma hamatzav?

מה המצב?

Question 3

How are things? (slang)

Answer 3

Ma ha’inyanim? (Ma’yanim?)

Question 4

What’s happening? (slang)

Answer 4

Ma koreh? Ma holech?

Question 5

How are you doing? (proper)

Answer 5

Ma nishma?

מה נשמע?

Question 6

What’s new?

Answer 6

Ma chadash?

מה חדש?

Question 7

Very good

Answer 7

Tov me’od

טוב מאוד

Question 8

Ok/Fine

Answer 8

Beseder

בסדר

Question 9

Great (Arabic)

Answer 9

Achla (Arabic)

אחלה

Question 10

Great/Cool

Answer 10

Sababa

סבבה

Question 11

Fantastic

Answer 11

Metzu’yan

מצוין

Question 12

Really bad (lit: on the face)

Answer 12

Al Hapanim

על הפנים

Question 13

So so

Answer 13

Kacha kacha

ככה ככה

Question 14

Not great

Answer 14

Lo mashehu ("mashu")
לא משהו

Question 15

Bummer/Too bad

Answer 15

Basa

באסה

Question 16

Thank you

Answer 16

Toda

תודה

Question 17

What are you studying?

Answer 17

Ma at lomedet? (F)

Ma ata lomed? (M)

Question 18

What do you do? (Also: What’s your profession?)

Answer 18

Ma at ossah? (F)

Ma ata osseh? (M)

Question 19

What’s your job? (lit. in what do you work?)

Answer 19

Bema at ovedet? (F)

Bema ata oved? (M)

Question 20

Where do you work?

Answer 20

Eifo at ovedet? (F)

Eifo ata oved (M)

Question 21

I am a student

Answer 21

Ani Student (M)
Ani Studentit (F)

Question 22

I work in/at Google

Answer 22

Ani oved be Google