Lesson 101: Making Plans
Now that you have the future tense, you can organise your social life in Hebrew — suggest an outing, propose a time, and agree to meet. The key move is the friendly “let’s…”.
Arranging an evening out
מָה אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה בְּסוֹף הַשָּׁבוּעַ?
ma ata ose besof hashavua?
What are you doing this weekend?
עוֹד לֹא יוֹדֵעַ. יֵשׁ לָךְ רַעְיוֹן?
od lo yodea. yesh lach ra’ayon?
I don’t know yet. Do you have an idea?
בּוֹא נֵלֵךְ לְסֶרֶט בְּמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת.
bo nelech leseret bemotsa’ei shabbat.
Let’s go to a movie on Saturday night.
רַעְיוֹן מְצֻיָּן! בְּאֵיזוֹ שָׁעָה נִפָּגֵשׁ?
ra’ayon metsuyan! be’eizo sha’a nipagesh?
Excellent idea! What time shall we meet?
נִפָּגֵשׁ בִּשְׁמוֹנֶה לְיַד הַקּוֹלְנוֹעַ.
nipagesh bishmone leyad hakolnoa.
Let’s meet at eight next to the cinema.
מְעֻלֶּה, נִתְרָאֶה שָׁם.
me’ule, nitra’e sham.
Great, see you there.
Grammar: saying “let’s…”
To suggest doing something together, Hebrew uses בּוֹא (bo, to a man) / בּוֹאִי (bo’i, to a woman) — literally “come” — followed by the “we” form of the verb:
| Hebrew | Romanization | English |
|---|---|---|
| בּוֹא נֵלֵךְ | bo nelech | let’s go |
| בּוֹא נֹאכַל | bo nochal | let’s eat |
| בּוֹאִי נִפָּגֵשׁ | bo’i nipagesh | let’s meet |
That “we” form is just the future tense with the נ־ (n‑) prefix — and on its own, נִפָּגֵשׁ (nipagesh) already means “shall we meet?”. To ask the time, use בְּאֵיזוֹ שָׁעָה? (be’eizo sha’a?, “at what hour?”).
Tip: מוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת (motsa’ei shabbat) is “Saturday night” — literally “the going-out of the Sabbath”, when the week restarts.
Vocabulary
Going out
| סוֹף שָׁבוּעַ | sof shavua | weekend |
| סֶרֶט | seret | movie, film |
| קוֹלְנוֹעַ | kolnoa | cinema |
| שָׁעָה | sha’a | hour, time |
Suggesting
| בּוֹא / בּוֹאִי | bo / bo’i | come; “let’s” (m. / f.) |
| רַעְיוֹן | ra’ayon | idea |
| לְהִיפָּגֵשׁ | lehipagesh | to meet (up) |
Reacting
| מְצֻיָּן | metsuyan | excellent |
| מְעֻלֶּה | me’ule | great, superb |
| נִתְרָאֶה | nitra’e | see you (we’ll see each other) |