International Phrasebooks

This week’s word is moon, or, in Hebrew,
Pronounced yah-ray-ach.

You can use it in sentences such as the following:

Did you (male/female) see the moon last weekend?

Transliterated this reads: Rah-eeta (male)/Rah-eet (female) et ha-yah-ray-ach b’sof ha-shah-vuah she-avar?

And

The moon was very bright.

Transliterated this reads: Ha-yah-ray-ach ha-yah meh-ode moo-eh-ret.

And

The moon also looked bigger.

Transliterated this reads: Gam ha-ya-ray-ach neer-eh gah-dole yo-tair.

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