Phrase card
Asking for a favour
Nine phrases you’ll actually use. Where a phrase changes for a man or a woman, both forms are shown (man / woman).
| Can I ask you for something?efshar levakesh mimcha / mimech mashehu? | אֶפְשָׁר לְבַקֵּשׁ מִמְּךָ / מִמֵּךְ מַשֶּׁהוּ? |
| Can you do me a favour?ata yachol / at yechola la’asot li tova? | אַתָּה יָכוֹל / אַתְּ יְכוֹלָה לַעֲשׂוֹת לִי טוֹבָה? |
| Can you help me?ata yachol / at yechola la’azor li? | אַתָּה יָכוֹל / אַתְּ יְכוֹלָה לַעֲזוֹר לִי? |
| Do you need help?ata tsarich / at tsricha ezra? | אַתָּה צָרִיךְ / אַתְּ צְרִיכָה עֶזְרָה? |
| No problem, happy toein be’aya, be-kef | אֵין בְּעָיָה, בְּכֵיף |
| Thanks for the helptoda al ha-ezra | תּוֹדָה עַל הָעֶזְרָה |
| Thanks, you saved me!toda, hitsalta / hitsalt oti! | תּוֹדָה, הִצַּלְתָּ / הִצַּלְתְּ אוֹתִי! |
| If it doesn’t suit you, that’s fineim lo mat’im lecha / lach, ze beseder | אִם לֹא מַתְאִים לְךָ / לָךְ, זֶה בְּסֵדֶר |
| You’re the best!kapara alecha / alayich! | כַּפָּרָה עָלֶיךָ / עָלַיִךְ! |
Want to say these out loud with other learners? The free Hebrew Hour is on Zoom once a month. Next: Sunday 13 December, 8:45pm Israel (1:45pm New York / 10:45am LA), or Monday 14 December, 11:30am Israel (8:30pm Melbourne / Sydney).
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