Hello Junkies,
Here, you will learn the top, must common Hebrew questions that are necessary for conversations. So, more specifically, you will learn the…
- First, Basic Hebrew Question Words
- Then, 30 Hebrew Questions (that you can use)
- Including the Romanization (English pronunciation)
- And The English Translation
Feel free to print this lesson out. Having a physical copy on hand will be very helpful for extra review. As you can see, I’m testing out a table format for these articles as opposed to the image style here.
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So, let’s learn the question words first.
1. Here are the Hebrew question words that you need to know.
English | Hebrew | Romanization |
---|---|---|
Why | למה | Lama |
What | מה | Ma |
Who | מי | Mi |
Where | איפה | Eifo |
How | כמה | Kama |
When | כאשר | Ka`a`sher |
2. Here are 30 common Hebrew questions that you can use.
Here’s how you can review:
- Read the romanization out loud to say the questions in Hebrew
- Read the pronunciation to understand the meaning
- Feel free to print out this lesson for personal use.
English | Hebrew | Romanization |
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How are you? | מה שלומך? | Mah shlom’cha? |
What’s your name? | מה שמך? | Mah shim’cha? |
What’s your phone number? | מה מספר הטלפון שלך? | Ma mis’par ha-telefon shel’chah? |
How old are you? | בן כמה אתה? | Ben kamah atah? |
Where are you from? | מאיפה אתה? | Me’eifo atah? |
Where do you live? | איפה אתה גר? | Eifo atah gar? |
Where is the bathroom? | איפה השירותים? | Eifo ha-sherutim? |
What’s this? | מה זה? | Ma za? |
What did you say? | מה אמרת? | Mah amarta? |
When is your birthday? | מתי יום ההולדת שלך? | Matai yom ha-huledet shelkha? |
How long have you been studying Hebrew? | כמה זמן אתה לומד עברית? | Kama zman ata lomed ivrit? |
Where did you learn Hebrew? | איפה למדת עברית? | Eifo lamadeta ivrit? |
Have you been to Israel? | היית בישראל? | Haita beisrael? |
Do you like Israeli food? | אתה אוהב אוכל ישראלי? | Ata ohev okhel israeli? |
Where do you work? | איפה אתה עובד? | Eifo atah oved? |
How have you been? | איך הולך איתך? | E’ich holech it’cha? |
When will you come home? | מתי תגיע הביתה? | Matay tagi’a habayta? |
When will you go to America? | מתי תיסע לאמריקה? | Matai tisa le-amerika? |
What time is it? | מה השעה? | Mah ha-sha’a? |
What time is it where you live? | מה השעה במקום שבו אתה גר? | Ma ha-sha’a ba’ma’kom she’bo ata gar? |
What’s your e-mail address? | מה כתובת הדואר האלקטרוני שלך? | Ma kto’vet ha’do’ar ha’elektroni shel’cha? |
What is it? | מה זה? | Ma zeh? |
What’s up? | מה קורה? | Ma kore? |
What for? | לשם מה? | Leshem ma? |
Why not? | למה לא? | Lama lo? |
What did you say? | מה אמרת? | Mah amarta? |
Where did you learn Hebrew? | איפה למדת עברית? | Eifo lamadeta ivrit? |
Have you been to Israel? | היית בישראל? | Haita beisrael? |
Do you like Israeli food? | אתה אוהב אוכל ישראלי? | Ata ohev okhel israeli? |
By now, you have mastered the question words and learned some possibly useful questions.
What are some other common Hebrew questions that you ask? Or, would you like to see anything on here?
Be sure to leave a comment!
The Main Junkie
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