Lesson 80: At the Airport
Flying to or from Israel means a few key airport words. This lesson gets you to the gate with your passport and luggage in hand.
Rushing to the gate
מָתַי הַטִּיסָה שֶׁלָּנוּ?
matai hatisa shelanu?
When’s our flight?
בְּעוֹד שָׁעָה. צָרִיךְ לְהַגִּיעַ לַשַּׁעַר.
be’od sha’a. tsarich lehagia lasha’ar.
In an hour. We need to get to the gate.
שָׁכַחְתִּי אֶת הַדַּרְכּוֹן? לֹא — הִנֵּה הוּא.
shachachti et hadarkon? lo — hine hu.
Did I forget my passport? No — here it is.
יוֹפִי. וְאֵיפֹה הַמִּזְוָדוֹת?
yofi. ve’eifo hamizvadot?
Great. And where are the suitcases?
כְּבָר מָסַרְנוּ אוֹתָן.
kvar masarnu otan.
We already checked them in.
Grammar: “in an hour” and getting somewhere
You met בְּעוֹד (be’od, “in / within”) for time — it’s essential at an airport: בְּעוֹד שָׁעָה (“in an hour”), בְּעוֹד עֶשֶׂר דַּקּוֹת (“in ten minutes”).
“To get to” a place is לְהַגִּיעַ לְ־ (lehagia le-): לְהַגִּיעַ לַשַּׁעַר (“to get to the gate”). And כְּבָר (kvar, “already”) is the word for things done: כְּבָר מָסַרְנוּ (“we already handed [them] over / checked in”).
Tip: A plane מַמְרִיא (mamri, “takes off”) and נוֹחֵת (nochet, “lands”) — two verbs you’ll hear on every announcement.
Vocabulary
At the airport
| שְׂדֵה תְּעוּפָה | sde te’ufa | airport |
| טִיסָה | tisa | flight |
| מָטוֹס | matos | airplane |
| שַׁעַר | sha’ar | gate |
Travel items & verbs
| דַּרְכּוֹן | darkon | passport |
| מִזְוָדָה | mizvada | suitcase |
| לְהַמְרִיא | lehamri | to take off |
| לִנְחֹת | linchot | to land |