The short answer
Front desks in tourist hotels speak English. Housekeeping and the breakfast room often do not.
- Hebrew inflects to the speaker and the listener. Set both before you pick a verb.
- baba is a translation tool, not a course. It gets the line right for the room you are in.
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What do you actually say?
I have a reservation
יש לי הזמנה
Yesh li hazmana
What time is breakfast?
מתי הארוחת בוקר?
Matai ha-aruchat boker?
Can I have more towels?
אפשר עוד מגבות?
Efshar od magavot?
Frequently asked questions
- Can I get by in Israel with English?
- In Tel Aviv hotels, yes. On a bus, at a clinic, and in a neighbourhood restaurant, Hebrew is the room. A handful of lines plus the camera covers the gap.
- What is the one phrase I should learn first?
- Slicha (excuse me) and toda (thank you). Then ani rotzeh / ani rotzah, because that is how you order anything.