Time & Dates

1. וואָס פֿאַר אַ טאָג איז הײַנט?

   Vos far a tog iz haynt?

   What day of the week is it today?

   Usage

   Asks the day of the week. The answer is a weekday name such as "זונטיק" or "שבת" (Saturday)

   Grammar Note

   "וואָס פֿאַר אַ" means "what kind of"; here it asks which day of the week it is. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. הײַנט, מאָרגן, נעכטן

   Haynt, morgn, nekhtn

   Today, tomorrow, yesterday

   Usage

   Basic adverbs for the day. "מאָרגן" means both "tomorrow" and "morning"

   Grammar Note

   All three can open a sentence, and the verb then comes second (for example "הײַנט גיי איך", "today I go")

3. די פֿאַרגאַנגענע וואָך, די קומענדיקע וואָך

   Di fargangene vokh, di kumendike vokh

   Last week, next week

   Usage

   Names the previous and the coming week

   Grammar Note

   The adjectives take the ending "-e" to agree with the feminine noun "וואָך" (week). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. אין דער פֿרי, אין אָוונט, בײַ נאַכט

   In der fri, in ovnt, bay nakht

   In the morning, in the evening, at night

   Usage

   Basic phrases for parts of the day. The preposition differs: "אין" for morning and evening, "בײַ" for night

   Grammar Note

   "אין דער פֿרי" (in the morning) and "בײַ נאַכט" (at night) are fixed phrases. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. וואָס איז די דאַטע הײַנט?

   Vos iz di date haynt?

   What is today's date?

   Usage

   Asks for today's date

   Grammar Note

   "דאַטע" is a feminine noun meaning "date". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. ווען עפֿנט זיך עס? ווען פֿאַרמאַכט מען עס?

   Ven efnt zikh es? Ven farmakht men es?

   When does it open? When does it close?

   Usage

   Asks about the opening and closing time of a shop or site. "עס" means "it"

   Grammar Note

   The first question uses the reflexive "to open"; the second uses "מען" (one) with "to close", asking when they close it. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. ווי לאַנג דויערט עס צו קומען אַהין?

   Vi lang doyert es tsu kumen ahin?

   How long does it take to get there?

   Usage

   Asks how long the trip to a place takes

   Grammar Note

   "ווי לאַנג" means "how long" and "דויערט" means "lasts, takes". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. לאָמיר זיך טרעפֿן דרײַ אַ זייגער נאָכמיטאָג.

   Lomir zikh trefn dray a zeyger nokhmitog.

   Let's meet at three o'clock in the afternoon.

   Usage

   For fixing a meeting time. "… אַ זייגער" gives the hour, as in "דרײַ אַ זייגער" (three o'clock)

   Grammar Note

   "לאָמיר" means "let us" and "זיך טרעפֿן" means "to meet". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. ס׳איז האַלב דרײַ.

   S'iz halb dray.

   It is half past two.

   Usage

   "האַלב דרײַ" ("half three") means 2:30, counting toward the next hour, just as German "halb drei" does

   Grammar Note

   "ס׳איז" is the contracted "עס איז" ("it is"), the subject used when telling the time

10. ס׳איז צו פֿרי. ס׳איז צו שפּעט.

    S'iz tsu fri. S'iz tsu shpet.

    It is too early. It is too late.

    Usage

    Use it when the time is too early or too late

    Grammar Note

    "צו" before an adjective means "too"

11. וואָס פֿאַר אַ חודש איז איצט?

    Vos far a khoydesh iz itst?

    What month is it now?

    Usage

    Asks the month. Answer with a month name such as "יאַנואַר" or "אָקטאָבער"

    Grammar Note

    "חודש" is a masculine noun meaning "month". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

12. זונטיק, מאָנטיק, דינסטיק, מיטוואָך, דאָנערשטיק, פֿרײַטיק, שבת

    Zuntik, montik, dinstik, mitvokh, donershtik, fraytik, shabes

    Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

    Usage

    The names of the weekdays. Saturday is the same word as the Sabbath, "שבת"

    Grammar Note

    Only "שבת" (Saturday) comes from Hebrew-Aramaic; the other weekday names are of Germanic origin

13. הײַנט איז שבת.

    Haynt iz shabes.

    Today is Shabbat (Saturday).

    Usage

    Saturday is the Sabbath. In Jewish neighbourhoods many shops and offices are closed on that day

    Grammar Note

    "שבת" means both the weekday Saturday and the Sabbath

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