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When an Emergency Arises Posted by on Dec 30, 2012 in Learning Hebrew

 

No matter where you go, an emergency will pop up. Hopefully, you may never have to use these phrases…but it’s still useful to know them. I’ll start you out with common, attention-getting one word phrases:

Say it in one word

Fire! – שׂריפה!
Help! – הצילו!
Stop! – עצור!
Thief! – גנב!
Watch out! – זהירות!

Other attention getters

Call… – לקרוא
a doctor – לרופא
an ambulance – לאמבולנס
the police – למשׂטרא
Emergency! – מצב חרום!
Evacuate the area! – לפנות את האזור!
Help! – הצילו!
We need a doctor! – אנחנו צריכים רופא!

Important vocabulary

Antibiotics – אנטיביוטיקה
Bandage – תחבשת
Blood – דם
Burn – כויה
Clean – נקי
Dead – מת
Fever – חום
Hospital – בית חולים
Infection – זיהום / דלקת
Injured – פצוע
Medicine – תרופה
Poison – רעל
Sick – חולה
Vitamins – ויטמינים
Wound – פצע

You may hear

I am a doctor. – אני רופא
I am going to help. – אני הולך לעזור
I am not a doctor. – אני לא רופא
I will take you to the hospital. – אני אקח אותך לבית החולים
Open your mouth. – פתח את פיך / פתח את הפה שלך
You will get a shot. – אתה תקבל זריקה

Just a couple of questions

Are you in pain? – האם כואב לך?
Are you injured? – האם אתה פצוע?
Are you pregnant? – האם את בהריון?
Can you feed yourself? – האם אתה יכול להאכיל את עצמך?
Can you sit? – האם אתה יכול לשבת?
Can you stand? – האם אתה יכול לעמוד?
Can you walk? – האם אתה יכול ללכת?
What is wrong? – מה הבעיה?

Take it with you

I made a downloadable PDF you can print out and put in your pocket to keep these phrases handy. Check it out and practice (to yourself – wait until an actual emergency before you say them aloud).

Transparent Language – Hebrew Emergency Phrases

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About the Author: Sean Young

Learning languages since 1978 and studying over 50 (achieving fluency in 10). Sean L. Young loves giving tips, advice and the secrets you need to learn a language successfully no matter what language you're learning. Currently studying Hindi and blogging his progress right here at Transparent Language - https://blogs.transparent.com/language-news.