"את שוברת את הצלחת?"
Translation:Are you breaking the plate?
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oh. I thought it would be strange asking whether you are breaking a plate since the answer would naturally be no.
As arab when something breaks, we say that the evil is gone through that broken thing, so we break plates on new year's eve so the evil of the year go with the plates. This cultural tradition just represents the hope for a good year.
Can't it be "Did you break the plate?", which would seem much more viable to say in normal language. It's not like usually there's a plate breaker, whose role is to do so (unless it is the mother after an engagement as NaftaliFri1 stated).
Natural speech in any language allows for connected speech and even encourages it. For example, but /I need it/ becomes /I nee dit/ in English. BUT does this Hebrew speaker need to do connected speech AND talk so fast??
I was not able to distinguish the sounds in the beginning. Is it an actual Hebrew speech?
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What do you mean "actual Hebrew speech"? Is it real Hebrew? Well, yes. What else would it be?
The word את does not come across in this recording and nearly all of the subjects are clipped in this unit.
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I can hear it. I don't think there are that many clipped sentences - maybe a handful throughout the course, but not all in the same lesson. Maybe there is a problem with your speakers?