How do you say “let’s” in Hebrew?

לומדים לצייר דג צעד אחר צעד

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A1 Hebrew listening practice · Standard Hebrew · Picked for people who know a little

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נצייר (netzayer)
Hebrew "let's" pattern
let’s draw“ — Hebrew uses ”we will“ to mean ”let’s

Hebrew has no separate word for “let’s” — it borrows the future tense. נצייר is literally “we will draw,” but in this drawing tutorial it means “let’s draw.” Every step works the same way: נצייר את הגוף, “let’s draw the body,” נוסיף זנב, “let’s add a tail.” When a Hebrew verb starts with ־נ and points at the future, listen for an invitation, not a prediction.

Speakers often warm the pattern up with בוא/בואי/בואו (“come”): בואו נצייר — “come on, let’s draw.” The tutorial signs off with another tiny gem: זהו — “that’s it, done” — the word Israelis use to close anything, from a drawing to a meeting.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this A1 Hebrew listening practice video?

82.4%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Hebrew words
Most of the words in this video are common Hebrew words.

How common in written Hebrew

76.5%
Top 1,000
82.4%
Top 2,000
94.1%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Hebrew

92.3%
Top 1,000
100%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than A1. Here is what they mean.

וזימים
1×
Not in top 5,000
נצייר
1×
Not in top 5,000
סנפיר
1×
Not in top 5,000
fin
זנב
1×
Not in top 5,000
tail

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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