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Core words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| to be | להיות |
| to eat | לאכול |
| to have | יש ל() |
| to do | לעשות |
| to go | ללכת |
| to want | לרצות |
| to be able | יכול |
| to need | להצטרך |
| to think | לחשוב |
| to know | לדעת |
| to say | לאומר |
| to like | לחבב |
| to speak | לדבר |
| to learn | ללמוד |
| to understand | להבין |
| that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) | ש |
| and | ו |
| or | או |
| but | אבל |
| because | כי בגלל |
| though | אח |
| so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) | אז |
| if | אם |
| of | של |
| to | ל |
| from | מ |
| in | ב |
| at (a place) | במקום |
| at (a time) | ב |
| with | עם |
| about | לגבי |
| like (meaning “similar to”) | כמו |
| for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) | ל או בשביל |
| before (also as a conjunction) | לפני |
| after (also as a conjunction | אחרי |
| during | במשך |
| who | מי |
| what | מה |
| where | איפה |
| when | מתי |
| why | למה |
| how | איך |
| how much | כמה |
| which | איזה |
| a lot | הרבה |
| a little | קצת |
| well | טוב |
| badly | באופן רע |
| only | רק |
| also | גם |
| very | מאוד |
| too (as in “too tall”) | מדי |
| too much | יותר מדי |
| so (as in “so tall”) | כל כך |
| so much | כל כך |
| more (know how to say “more … than …”) | יותר |