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Greetings:
The most common, general greeting in Hebrew is ��.
It can be used during the daytime, at night, for a greeting, and for a parting word.
In daily informal speech, others greetings are used as well:
Examples:

Hi! (from English) !��
Ahalan! (from Arabic) !��
Good morning! !��
Good evening! !��

Introducing Oneself:
It is a common practice for Hebrew speakers to introduce themselves as "I am", followed by their name.
Examples:

I am Rona Tamir. .��
I am Dr. David Cohen. .��

A more formal introduction may be preceded by the phrase "my name is" �� (shmi).
Examples:

My name is Binyamin. .��

A common informal style is the expression "I am called" �� (kor'im li).
Examples:

I am called Anat.
or (change word order) .��
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Speaking Style:
Both Binyamin and Rona speak in a very informal style. Let's see the differences in this monologues between what is the way in which they speak, and how more formal Hebrew sounds:

Notes: Informal Speaking Style
The combination of "I love to read books and also (I love) girls," violates written Hebrew rules, but not necessarily the spoken medium, where people have more freedom with language forms.
In a more formal style, one would say "I like to read books." (.�� ) and "I like girls" (.�� ). These are two distinct sentences.
Binyamin says that he hates all dentists. The meaning being conveyed here is that he hates going to the dentist rather than having anything against all dentists.

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Ronna uses the greeting "Hi" which is taken from English and is common in the spoken idiom, especially among teen-agers.
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EMPHASIS IN SPEECH:

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Literally, this sentence reads "I very, very (much) like parties." Ronna puts the adverb "very" before the verb, when it normally should follow it. She does it to emphasize how much she like parties.

INTRODUCTIONS (formal & informal):
In formal speech, Ronna would have said, "My name is Ronna Tamir," (�� )
and Anat would have said, "My name is Anat" (�� ),
but Ronna introduces herself informally by saying "I am Ronna" (�� ),
and Anat says "and I am called Anat" (�� ).