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Learning Hebrew
If you wish to learn Hebrew, you can either look for an ulpan, a school that teaches Hebrew to immigrants and foreigners, or for private classes. Jerusalem has numerous ulpans, offering courses throughout the semester or intensive summer courses.
The Faculty of Sciences also has classes for foreign Post-docs at the Givat Ram campus. Some classes are organized by The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), and students pay for them separately.
Basic Hebrew Words
Many people in Israel speak another language in addition to Hebrew and most can get by in English, so the chances of getting lost in Israel are slim. However, the experience of being in a foreign country is enriched by having at least a few words to share in conversation or to use at the market. Below are some basic words and expressions that may be of use to you during your stay. But, first, here are some general tips on pronunciation:
"a" is pronounced like the "u" in "fun"
"e" is pronounced like the "e" in "bed" or the "a" in "baby"
"i" is pronounced like the "i" in "bit" or the "ee" in "beet"
"o" is pronounced like the "o" in "on"
"u" is pronounced like the "u" in "put"
"ch" (often transliterated "h") is a guttural sound like the "ch" in "Bach"
In addition, the accent on almost all Hebrew words is on the last syllable when the word has two or more syllables.
Greetings and Basic Conversation
Hello/Goodbye (also "peace") Shalom
Pleased to meet you Na'im me'od
How are you? Ma shlomha (masc.)? ma shlomeh (fem.)?
Fine (all right) B'seder
Excellent Mitzuyan
What's happening?/How are things? Ma nishma?
See you later Lehitra'ot
Please B’vakasha
Thank you Toda
Thank you very much Toda raba
Wait a minute Rega
Hold the line Tamtin (masc.) or tamtini
(fem.) al hakav
I want/would like Ani rotzeh (masc.)
Ani rotzah (fem.)
I don't want Ani lo rotzeh (masc.)
Ani lo rotzah (fem.)
My name is Shmi…
Numbers
1 one achat
2 two shtayim
3 three shalosh
4 four arba
5 five hamesh
6 six shesh
7 seven sheva
8 eight shmoneh
9 nine teisha
10 ten esser
11 eleven ahat-esreh
12 twelve shteim-esreh
13 thirteen shlosh-esreh
14 fourteen arba-esreh
15 fifteen hamesh-esreh
16 sixteen shesh-esreh
17 seventeen shva-esreh
18 eighteen shmona-esreh
19 nineteen tsha-esreh
20 twenty esrim
21 twenty-one esrim-ve'ehat
22 twenty-two esrim-ushtayim
23 twenty-three esrim-veshalosh
30 thirty shloshim
40 forty arba'im
50 fifty hamishim
60 sixty shishim
70 seventy shiv'im
80 eighty shmonim
90 ninety tish'im
100 one hundred me'a
200 two hundred ma'tayim
300 three hundred shlosh me'ot
400 four hundred arba me'ot
500 five hundred hamesh me'ot
1000 one thousand elef
2000 two thousand alpayim
3000 three thousand shloshet alafim
4000 four thousand arbat alafim
5000 five thousand hameshet alafim
At the University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ha'universita ha'Ivrit
b’Yerushalayim
Adviser's Office mador klita
Office misrad or lishka
Room heder
Administration minhala
Faculty fakulta
Institute mahon
Department mahlaka
Library sifriya
Open patuah
Closed sagur
Photo or photocopy tsilum
Identity Card te'udat zehut
Faculty ID Card te'udat segel
Some Questions
What? ma?
Where? eyfo?
Who? mi?
How? eich/keitzad?
Why? madua/lama?
How many/how much? kama?
From where? me'ayin/me'eifo?
Where to? le'an?
Which? eizeh?
Some answers
Yes ken
No lo
Perhaps ulai
Again od pa'am
Here kan/po
There sham
This, this one zeh
Time
What time is it? ma hasha'a?
Hour/o'clock sha'a
Wait a moment rak rega
Now ahshav
Not yet od lo
Today hayom
Tomorrow mahar
Yesterday etmol
Week shavu'a
Month hodesh
Year shana
Bureaucracy
Form(s) tofes (tfassim)
Document mismah
Authorization/permit ishur
File tik
Information (information desk) meida (modi-in)
Reception hours she'ot kabala
Housing
Apartment dira
House bayit
Apartment house beit megurim/beit dirot
Address ketovet
Lease/contract hozeh
Rent (noun) s’har dira
Landlord ba'al habayit
Tenant dayar
Guarantor(s) arev (arevim)
Room(s) heder (hadarim)
Kitchen mitbach
Refrigerator mekarer
Stove kirayim/gaz
Oven tanur
Dining room hadar ohel
Dining corner pinat ohel
Living room/lounge salon
Closet aron
Table shulhan
Chair/armchair kiseh/kursa
Bedroom hadar sheina
Bed mita
Balcony mirpesset
Heating himum/hasaka
Heater tanur
Air conditioner mazgan
Elevator ma'alit
Electricity hashmal
Water mayim
Telephone telefon
Automobile
Car auto/mehonit
License rishayon
Insurance bituah
Driver nehag
Passenger nosse'a
Seatbelt hagurat b’tichut
Parking hanaya
Left smola
Right yemina
Straight yashar
Forward kadima
Backward ahora
Transportation
Public transportation tahbura tziburit
Bus autobus
Bus station/stop tahanat autobus
Central station tahana merkazit
Train rakevet
Railway station tahanat rakevet
Taxi monit
Meter monei
Shared taxi sherut
Money
Money kessef
Cash (noun) mezuman
Cash (verb) lifdot
Check check, hamha'a
Credit card kartis ashrai
Foreign currency matbe'a zar
Change (noun) odef
Change (verb) lehahlif
Receipt kabala
Deposit (noun) pikadon
Deposit (verb) lehafkid