Lesson 12 - possession (to have)
Hebrew does not have a verb for 'to have'.
Instead of "I have...", for example, they say "There is to me…" and "I don't have…" = "There isn't to me…".
Instead of "I have...", for example, they say "There is to me…" and "I don't have…" = "There isn't to me…".
English | Transliteration | Hebrew |
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I have | yesh li | יש לי |
I don't have | ein li | אין לי |
you have | yesh le-kha | יש לך |
you don't have | ein le-kha | אין לך |
you have | yesh lakh | יש לך |
you don't have | ein lakh | אין לך |
he has | yesh lo | יש לו |
he doesn't have | ein lo | אין לו |
she has | yesh la | יש לה |
she doesn't have | ein la | אין לה |
we have | yesh la-nu | יש לנו |
we don't have | ein la-nu | אין לנו |
you have | yesh la-khem | יש לכם |
you don't have | ein la-khem | אין לכם |
you have | yesh la-khen | יש לכן |
you don't have | ein la-khen | אין לכן |
they have | yesh la-hem | יש להם |
they don't have | ein la-hem | אין להם |
they have | yesh la-hen | יש להן |
they don't have | ein la-hen | אין להן |
English | Transliteration | Hebrew |
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I have two eyes. | yesh li shtei ei-na-yim. | יש לי שתי עיניים. |
I have no idea. | ein li mu-sag. | אין לי מושג. |
Do you have any siblings? | yesh le-kha a-khim? | יש לך אחים? |
You don't have patience. | ein le-kha sav-la-nut. | אין לך סבלנות. |
Do you have a black dog? | yesh lakh ke-lev sha-khor? | יש לך כלב שחור? |
You don't have time for this. | ein lakh zman le-ze. | אין לך זמן לזה. |
Does he have a car? | yesh lo me-kho-nit? | יש לו מכונית? |
No, he doesn’t have a car. | lo, ein lo me-kho-nit. | לא, אין לו מכונית. |
She has a small apartment. | yesh la di-ra kta-na. | יש לה דירה קטנה. |
She doesn't have a big house. | ein la ba-yit ga-dol. | אין לה בית גדול. |
We have a lot of homework. | yesh la-nu har-be shi-u-rei ba-yit. | יש לנו הרבה שיעורי בית. |
We don't have plans tonight. | ein la-nu tokh-ni-yot le-ha-e-rev. | אין לנו תוכניות להערב. |
Do you have children? | yesh la-khem ye-la-dim? | יש לכם ילדים? |
You don't have children? | ein la-khem ye-la-dim? | אין לכם ילדים? |
You have a beautiful dog. | yesh la-khen ke-lev ya-fe. | יש לכן כלב יפה. |
Why don't you have a cat? | la-ma ein la-khen kha-tul? | למה אין לכן חתול? |
They have a lot of money. | yesh la-hem har-be ke-sef. | יש להם הרבה כסף. |
They don't have much money. | ein la-hem har-be ke-sef. | אין להם הרבה כסף. |
They have class now. | yesh la-hen shi-ur akh-shav. | יש להן שיעור עכשיו. |
They don't have class this week. | ein la-hen shi-ur ha-sha-vu-a. | אין להן שיעור השבוע. |
Daniel has a nice bicycle. | le-dan-yel yesh o-fa-na-yim ya-fim. | לדניאל יש אופניים יפים. |
Sharon and Maya don't have bicycles. | le-sha-ron u-ma-ya ein o-fa-na-yim. | לשרון ומאיה אין אופניים. |
Who has a pen? | le-mi yesh et? | למי יש עט? |
Who doesn't have… | le-mi ein…? | למי אין...? |