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Time & Clock
Lesson 10 · זמן ושעה
The Israeli week starts on Sunday (yom rishon = "first day") and ends on Shabbat (Saturday). Time is told using the feminine form of numbers (default form). Months exist in both Hebrew and Gregorian calendars.
Days of the Week
"First day", Days are numbered except Shabbat. Yom rishon = day 1 (Sunday), yom sheni = day 2 (Monday), and so on.
Times of Day
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Gregorian Months
Hebrew Months
Hebrew calendar, 12 lunar months, starts in Tishrei (Sept-Oct). Pessach falls in Nissan (Mar-Apr), Rosh Hashana in Tishrei.
Seasons
Telling Time
Question, מָה הַשָּׁעָה? (ma ha-sha'a?) = what time is it?
Sharp / half / quarter / quarter-to, בְּדִיּוּק (bediyuk, sharp/exactly) · וָחֵצִי (va-chetzi, and a half) · וָרֶבַע (va-reva, and a quarter) · רֶבַע לְ (reva le-, quarter to).
Useful Time Phrases