Phrase card
When you get stuck
Nine phrases you’ll actually use. Where a phrase changes for a man or a woman, both forms are shown (man / woman).
| I forgot the wordshachachti et ha-mila | שָׁכַחְתִּי אֶת הַמִּילָּה |
| I don't rememberani lo zocher / zocheret | אֲנִי לֹא זוֹכֵר / זוֹכֶרֶת |
| It's on the tip of my tongueze al ktse ha-lashon | זֶה עַל קְצֵה הַלָּשׁוֹן |
| How do you say … in Hebrew?eich omrim … be-ivrit? | אֵיךְ אוֹמְרִים … בְּעִבְרִית? |
| Wait, I'm thinkingrega, ani choshev / choshevet | רֶגַע, אֲנִי חוֹשֵׁב / חוֹשֶׁבֶת |
| Can you repeat that?ata yachol / at yechola lachzor al ze? | אַתָּה יָכוֹל / אַתְּ יְכוֹלָה לַחֲזוֹר עַל זֶה? |
| Slowly, pleasele-at, bevakasha | לְאַט, בְּבַקָּשָׁה |
| I'll say it another wayani agid et ze acheret | אֲנִי אַגִּיד אֶת זֶה אַחֶרֶת |
| What does that mean?ma ze omer? | מָה זֶה אוֹמֵר? |
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