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Lesson 53-A 3 a.m Phone Call Conversation Practice

Let's practice the dialogue from lesson 53 beyachad (together)!

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הָלוֹ?... אָמִיר? עַכְשָׁיו שָׁלוֹשׁ בַּבּוֹקֶר... הַכֹּל בְּסֵדֶר?

Hello... Amir? It’s 3 a.m. now... everything is okay?

halo? Amir? Achshav shalosh baboker... hakol beseder?
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לִיאַת, בּוֹקֶר טוֹב, הַכֹּל בְּסֵדֶר, הַכֹּל... מְצוּיָין! מַגִּיעַ לָנוּ מַזָּל טוֹב... דּוֹדָה לִיאַת!

Liat, good morning, everything’s okay, everything... is perfect! We deserve Mazal Tov... Auntie Liat!

Liat, boker tov, hakol beseder, hakol... mezzuyan! magi-a lanu Mazal Tov… Doda Liat!
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דּוֹדָה לִיאַת? כְּלוֹמַר... אַתָּה בְּבֵּית הַחוֹלִים? טָלִי יָלְדָה?

Auntie Liat? Meaning... you’re at the hospital? Tali gave birth?

Doda Liat? klomar... ata bebeyt hacholim? Tali yalda?
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כֵּן! לִפְנֵי חֲצִי שָׁעָה בְּדִיּוּק, נוֹלַד לָנוּ תִּינוֹק יְפֵיְפֶה.

Yes! Exactly half-an-hour ago, our beautiful baby boy was born.

ken! lifney chazzi sha-a bediyuk, nolad lanu tinok yefeyfe.
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וּוָאוּ, אֲנִי כָּל כָּךְ מִתְרַגֶּשֶׁת, מַזָּל טוֹב לָכֶם... וְגַם לִי! רֶגַע, רֶגַע... מַה שְׁלוֹם טָלִי?

Wow! I’m so excited. Mazal tov to you... and to me! Just a second... How is Tali?

wow, ani kol kach mitrageshet, Mazal Tov lachem... vegam li! rega, rega. . .ma shlom Tali?
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אֵיךְ הָיְיתָה הַלֵּידָה? כַּמָּה הוּא שׁוֹקֵל? בָּחַרְתֶּם כְּבָר שֵׁם בִּשְׁבִילוֹ?

How was the birth? How much does he weigh? Have you picked out a name already?

eych hayta haleyda? kama hu shokel? bachartem kvar shem bishvilo?
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רַק רֶגַע לִיאַת... אַתְּ יוֹתֵר מִתְרַגֶּשֶׁת מִמֶּנִּי, תְּנִי לִי לְסַפֵּר לָךְ הַכֹּל.

Hold on, Liat. You are more excited than I am! Let me tell you everything.

rak rega Liat... at yoter mitrageshet mimeni, tni li lesaper lach hakol.
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אֶתְמוֹל בְּסְבִיבוֹת שְׁמוֹנֶה בָּעֶרֶב, טָלִי קִיבְּלָה צִירִים חֲזָקִים, מִיָּד הִסַּעְתִּי אוֹתָהּ לְבֵּית הַחוֹלִים.

Yesterday, at about 8 p.m. Tali started having strong contractions. I immediately drove her to the hospital.

etmol besvivot shmone ba-erev Tali kibla zzirim chazakim, miyad hisati ota lebeyt hacholim.
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בְּחֲצוֹת הָיוּ לָה מַמָּשׁ כְּאֵבִים חֲזָקִים, אֲבָל הַאֲחָיוֹת הָיוּ נִפְלָאוֹת, הֵן הִרְגִּיעוּ אוֹתָהּ וְטִיפְּלוּ בָּהּ נֶהֱדָר.

By midnight, she was really in a lot of pain, but the nurses were terrific. They calmed her down and took wonderful care of her.

bechazzot hayu la mamash ke-evim chazakim aval ha-achayot hayu nifla-ot, hen hirgi-u ota vetiplu ba nehedar.
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אוֹי מִסְכֵּנָה... אָז הָיָה לָה קָשֶׁה?

Oy, poor thing. Then it was really hard for her?

oy miskena... az haya la kashe?
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לִפְנֵי הַלֵּידָה הָיָה קָשֶׁה, אֲבָל הַלֵּידָה עָצְמָה עָבְרָה בְּקַלּוּת. תּוֹךְ שְׁעָתַיִים, הַתִּינוֹק נוֹלַד.

Before the delivery, it was hard. But the birth itself went easily. Within two hours, the baby was born.

lifney haleyda haya kashe, aval haleyda azzma avra bekalut. toch she-ata-im, ha-tinok nolad.
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נוּ... וְכַּמָּה הוּא שׁוֹקֵל? וְתַגִּיד כְּבָר... אֵיךְ קוֹרְאִים לוֹ?

Nu? And how much does he weigh? And tell me already, what’s his name?

nu. ..vekama hu shokel? vetagid kvar... eych kor-im lo?
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הָאַחְיָין שֶׁלָּךְ שׁוֹקֵל שְׁלוֹשָׁה קִילוֹ שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת.

Your nephew weighs 3.6 kilos.

ha-achyan shelach shokel shlosha kilo shesh me-ot.
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הְמְמְמְ... שְׁמַנְמַן!

Hmmm... a little chubby!

hmmm... shmanman!
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דּוֹמֶה לְאַבָּא... וְשְׁמוֹ - גַּל!

He takes after his Daddy... and his name - Gal.

dome le-aba... veshmo - Gal!
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אֵיזֶה שֵׁם יָפֶה! אֲנִי כְּבָר מֵתָה לִפְגּוֹשׁ אוֹתוֹ. אֶפְשָׁר לָבוֹא?

What a nice name! I’m already dying to meet him. Can I come?

eyze shem yafe! ani kvar meta lifgosh oto. efshar lavo?
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לִיאַת... הַשָּׁעָה עַכְשָׁיו שָׁלוֹשׁ. כּוּלָּנוּ עֲדַיִין נִהְיֶה כָּאן בַּבּוֹקֶר.

Liat, it’s three o’clock! We’ll all still be here in the morning.

Liat... hasha-a achshav shalosh. kulanu ada-in nihiye kan baboker.
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אוֹקֵיי. אָז נִתְרָאֶה בְּאַרְבַּע?

Okay, see you at four then?

okay. az nitra-e be-arba?

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