Useful Words and Phrases

Useful Words and Phrases

 Although English is widely spoken in Israel I think that it is polite and courteous to at least say please and thank you in the native language wherever you go in the world. A few words here and there will show you are genuinely interested in the Jewish culture and will make for a much more rewarding experience. The trip of a life time for most, make it count. If you connect with the people in their own language  will be able to understand more and you will want to know more.You will not have trip of a lifetime but the start of lifetime of trips as you will the yearning to go back time and time again.

People teaspoon kafit man   ish knife sakin husband ba-al coffee café woman/wife ishah tea te boy yeled dessert ki-nuach girl yalda sugar sookar friend yeldid/yeldida boyfriend/girlfriend chaver/chavera Sick? counselor madrich/madricha Nurse achot guide moreh derech Doctor rofeh/rofah group k’vutza Clinic mir-pah-ah medic chovesh Examination bedikah medic chovesh Sick choleh/cholah tourist tayar/tayeret Medicine t’rufah guest o-re-ach/o-rach-at Pill kador soldier chayel/chayelet Prescription mer-sham Injection z’rikah When You’re Travelling Diarrhea shil-shul train rakevet Pain / ache ka-ayv taxi monit Fever chom car me-cho-nit road kvish Going Shopping central bus station tachanat-hamerkazit Shop / store chanut bus autobus market shook driver nahag grocery ma-kolet ticket Kar-tis receipt kabbalah right yamin change odef street rechov just a minute rak regah how much is this kamah zeh oleh with the meter   im ha moneh money kessef receipt kabbalah gift ma-ta-nah clothes b’ga-dim In a Restaurant shoes na-a-layim restaurant misadah hat kovah waiter/waitress Meltzer/melzarit t-shirt chultzah meal arucha credit card kartis eshrai water mayim cash mezuman food ochel discount ha-nachah table shulchan chair kee-say Places bill/check cheshbon Parliament knesset tip shay-root cinema kol-no-ah vegetarian tzimochoni theatre tey-a-tron fork  maz-leyg museum mu-se-on spoon   kaf Synagogue beit Knesset house bayit In the Post Office floor/storey komah post office do-ar apartment dirah pen  yet hotel malon pencil ee-pa-ron room cheder letter mich-tav youth hostel ach-saniat noar stamp bool bathroom shayrutim envelope ma-a-ta-fah church k-nay-see-ah aerogram eegert avir mosque misgad I was here first ani hayeetee po kodem university oo-na-ver-see-ta Simple Words kayn When you're flying yes lo no oo-lie airplane matos maybe betach pilot tay-as of course tov flight attendant dayal/dayelet good rah airport s'deh teu-fah bad zeh passport darkon this/that mi ticket kar-tees who mah suitcase miz-va-dah what where ayfoh backpack tik when ma-tai gate sha'ar why lamah how eich what's the time because kee time z'man minute dakah Common Courtesies second shniya hello/goodbye shalom hour sha-ah good morning boker tov day yom good evening erev tov night laila good night laila tov week shavuah please b'vakasha month cho-desh thank you todah year  shanah see you later l'hitraot today hayom how are you mah schlomca/mah  schlomaych tomorrow machar yesterday etmol Around Town what's the time mah ha-sha-ah town/city ir watch/clock sha-on village kfar collective settlement kibbutz Numbers country eretz one echad sky sha-mayim two shnayim sea yam three shalosh sun shemesh four arbah mountain har five chamesh valley emek six shesh seven sheva eight shemona book sefer nine taysha map mapah ten eser telephone telefon