"שלום, מה שלומךָ?"

Translation: Hello, how are you?

[sofa4ka]

There are a few ways to ask how a person is:

מה נשמע? what shall we hear
(about you)

מה קורה? - what's going on

מה המצב? how's the situation

מה העניינים? - how are things

מה שלומך? - how are you
(in terms of health)
This is close to:
איך את/ה מרגיש/ה? - how are you feeling

איך הולך? - how's it going

מה נסגר אתך? - what's the deal with you

איך את/ה? - how are you
(literally)

מה אתך? - what's with you

[Matt22228]

Thanks for this, but could you provide some pronunciations?

[Nika864190]

Great answer!!

[lawrence2507]

Can we accept "Hi, how are you?"?

[BezalelP]

Hi/היי is slang.

[MattSmith721077]

different word in hebrew for "hi". (pronounced "hi" .. היי). shalom is more formal hellow

[julian665012]

You could accept it, however, the lesson is about teaching the word, "shalom".

[clytemnestra]

Agreed, why isn't 'hi' accepted?

[Pumbush]

hi = היי

hello = שלום

[GeutH]

Shalom is formal. "Hi" is היי (:

[GeutH]

Ok well, it's not so formal. But it's not "hi".

[circularsquare]

I'm guessing שלום and שלומך come from the same root? And is that root related to Arabic √s-l-m?

[Nathan740070]

Precisely.
Arabic and Hebrew share a lot of different words, for example: four is translated to arbah (ארבע) both in Hebrew and Arabic.

[jaied]

In which case would you use "ma nishma?"?

[GeutH]

Ma shlomekh/shlomkha is more formal, but not too much. There are many of them - מה נשמע /ma neeshma/, מה קורה /ma ko're/, מה העניינים /ma ha'eenyaneem/ (or manyaneem... (; ), מה המצב /ma ha'matzav/... (:

[Pumbush]

It is quite the same

[clytemnestra]

If you're on the phone with a service person and the voice is ambiguous and you don't know if you're talking to a male or female :p

[huevosybacon]

Not true. They're used pretty much the same way. "Ma nishma" is more like "what's up" rather then focusing on the person like with "how are you", but that's it.

[lauralynn04]

I know hi is היי and שלום is technically "hello" but there are many instances where you'd use hi in English and Shalom in Hebrew. This isn't the most formal of cultures, I think 'hi' should be accepted either way.

[rokssolana]

Agreed, in Israel, they often say "shalom" when we'd say "hi" rather than "hello" in English.

[Silsool]

Shouldn't "what's up" be accepted as well?

[BezalelP]

"What's up" and other informal greetings are all interchangeable (ma nishma, ma koreh, etc') when you meet friends, but if your friend was sick and you want to know how they are feeling you would ask מה שלומך.

[IgorHenriqueA]

Isn't is pronounced shalom? It sounded like shelom

[BezalelP]

It's Shalom.

[maxlev10]

Hi whats up shouls be accepted

[BenDavid22]

שלוםalso means bye or goodbye

[Audrey261145]

Is this masculine or feminine?

[danny912421]

masculine

[Theresa754142]

Shalom, ma shlomkha?
(Used to a male.)