Directions

1. וווּ בין איך?

   Vu bin ikh?

   Where am I?

   Usage

   Use it when lost, pointing at a map or a sign

   Grammar Note

   The question word comes first, then the verb, then the subject "איך"

2. גייט גלײַך.

   Geyt glaykh.

   Go straight ahead.

   Usage

   To tell a driver or passer-by to continue straight. To one close person say "גיי גלײַך"

   Grammar Note

   To a stranger the plural imperative "גייט" (the polite "איר" form) is used. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. גייט אויף רעכטס.

   Geyt oyf rekhts.

   Turn right.

   Usage

   Asks someone to go to the right; "אויף רעכטס" is "to the right"

   Grammar Note

   Here "turn right" is expressed as "go to the right". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. ווי ווײַט איז עס פֿון דאָ?

   Vi vayt iz es fun do?

   How far is it from here?

   Usage

   Asks the distance to a destination

   Grammar Note

   The question phrase "ווי ווײַט" comes first, the verb "איז" second. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. וווּ איז דער וואָקזאַל?

   Vu iz der vokzal?

   Where is the station?

   Usage

   Asks for the train station

   Grammar Note

   "וואָקזאַל" is masculine

6. זײַט מוחל, ווי אַזוי קומט מען צו ...?

   Zayt moykhl, vi azoy kumt men tsu ...?

   Excuse me, how do I get to ...?

   Usage

   The standard way to ask the route. Put the name of the place where "..." stands

   Grammar Note

   "זײַט מוחל" is the polite opener to a stranger. "מען" asks in general terms how one gets there. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. דאָ איז מײַן מאַפּע.

   Do iz mayn mape.

   Here is my map.

   Usage

   Use it when showing a map to get help finding a place

   Grammar Note

   With "דאָ" in first position the verb "איז" is second and the subject follows. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. ס׳איז לעבן דעם ים.

   S'iz lebn dem yam.

   It is near the sea.

   Usage

   Describes where something is. "לעבן" means "next to, near"

   Grammar Note

   The noun after "לעבן" takes the oblique case (article "דעם"). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. וויפֿל מינוט צו פֿוס?

   Vifl minut tsu fus?

   How many minutes on foot?

   Usage

   Asks how long a walk to a nearby place takes

   Grammar Note

   "צו פֿוס" means "on foot". The noun after "וויפֿל" stays in the singular form. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. רעכטס

    rekhts

    Right

    Usage

    A direction word; the opposite of "לינקס"

11. לינקס

    links

    Left

    Usage

    A direction word; the opposite of "רעכטס"

12. גלײַך

    glaykh

    Straight ahead

    Usage

    "גלײַך" also means "equal", but in directions it is "straight ahead"

13. צוריק

    tsurik

    Back

    Usage

    The word for going back the way you came

14. שטעלט זיך אָפּ!

    Shtelt zikh op!

    Stop!

    Usage

    Used to ask a taxi or bus driver to stop

    Grammar Note

    "אָפּשטעלן זיך" is a separable verb meaning "to stop"; the prefix "אָפּ" goes to the end. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

15. צפֿון

    tsofn

    North

    Usage

    A compass direction

16. דרום

    dorem

    South

    Usage

    A compass direction

17. מזרח

    mizrekh

    East

    Usage

    A compass direction

18. מערבֿ

    mayrev

    West

    Usage

    A compass direction

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