Shops and hotels in Hebrew
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Hebrew words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Hebrew phrases in this lesson
- ืืฉ ืืื...?yesh la-KHEM...?
- Do you have...?
- ืืืคื...?ay-FA...?
- Where is...?
- ืคืชืืpa-TU-akh
- Open
- ืกืืืจsa-GUR
- Closed
- ืฉืงืืช?sa-KIT?
- A bag?
- ืืงืจ ืืืya-KAR mi-DAI
- Too expensive
- ืืฉ ืื ืืืื ืyesh li haz-ma-NA
- I have a reservation
- ืืจืืืช ืืืงืจ ืืืืื?a-ru-KHAT BO-ker k'lu-LA
- Is breakfast included?
- ืื ืืกืืกืื ืฉื ืืืืื-ืคืื?mah ha-sis-MA shel ha-WAI-fai
- What's the wifi password?
- ืืคืฉืจ...?ef-SHAR
- Can I...?
Literally "do you have". The shop question: "yesh lachem khubeza?" (do you have tomatoes?). Yesh means "there is" or "there are".
"Eifo ha-khalav?" (where is the milk?). Israeli supermarkets vary in size; the big ones have maps. Pointing and walking works in smaller shops.
Most shops close from Friday afternoon until Saturday evening for Shabbat.
Bags sometimes cost money; reusing is normal. Israelis bring their own totes; doing the same marks you as environmentally aware, which matters here.
At the shuk, the market, bargaining is expected.
Israeli hotel breakfasts are famous buffets of salads, cheeses and shakshuka.
Literally "is it possible?". The most useful word in Israel: "efshar la-shevet?", can I sit?