Phrase card
Getting around
Nine phrases you’ll actually use. Where a phrase changes for a man or a woman, both forms are shown (man / woman).
| There's a lot of traffic on the roadyesh harbe tnu'a ba-kvish | יֵשׁ הַרְבֵּה תְּנוּעָה בַּכְּבִישׁ |
| I'm stuck in trafficani taku'a / tku'a ba-pkak | אֲנִי תָּקוּעַ / תְּקוּעָה בַּפְּקָק |
| I'm running ten minutes lateani me'acher / me'acheret be-eser dakot | אֲנִי מְאַחֵר / מְאַחֶרֶת בְּעֶשֶׂר דַּקּוֹת |
| I went there and backnasati haloch va-shov | נָסַעְתִּי הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב |
| There's a demonstration in townyesh hafgana ba-ir | יֵשׁ הַפְגָּנָה בָּעִיר |
| I prefer to walkani ma'adif / ma'adifa lalechet ba-regel | אֲנִי מַעֲדִיף / מַעֲדִיפָה לָלֶכֶת בָּרֶגֶל |
| Give or take half an hourbe-erech chatsi sha'a | בְּעֵרֶךְ חֲצִי שָׁעָה |
| I'm taking the trainani nose'a / nosa'at ba-rakevet | אֲנִי נוֹסֵעַ / נוֹסַעַת בָּרַכֶּבֶת |
| See you soonnitra'e be-karov | נִתְרָאֶה בְּקָרוֹב |
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