Some Useful Words and Phrases in Hebrew


Common Words

ENGLISH HEBREW
Another Ode
Bill Chesh’bone
Breakfast Aruchat Boker
Bus Auto-boos
Car Me’cho’neet
Chair Kee-say
Coffee Caugh’eh
Cup Kose
Dinner Aruchat Erev
Fork Maz-leg
Hotel Malone
Juice Meetz
Knife Sa-keen
Lunch Aruchat Tzohoryim
Spoon Ka-peet
Sugar Su-kar
Table Shulchan
Taxi Mo-neet
Tea Taye
Waiter Meltzar/Meltzarit (masc/fem)
Water Ma-yim

Common Phrases

ENGLISH HEBREW
Good morning Boker tov
Good evening Erev tov
Hello/Goodbye/Peace Shalom
How are you? Mah shlomcha/Mah shlomach? (masc/fem)
Please Bevakasha
Thank you (very much) Todah (rabah)
Excuse me Sleecha
My name is Shmee
I want Ani rotzeh/Ani rotzah (masc/fem)
What’s that? Ma zeh?
How much does this cost? Kama zeh oleh?
Where is the street? A’foe ha’rachov?
Where is the restroom? A’foe ha’sheruteem?

Numbers

ENGLISH HEBREW
1 Achat
2 Shta’im
3 Shah’losh
4 Arbah
5 Chah’mesh
6 Shesh
7 Sheva
8 Shmo’neh
9 Ta’sha
10 Esser