how to say “come back every day!” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-1.m4a” /]תָּבוֹא כָּל יוֹם!

Turns out you and your falafel guy watched the same soccer game last night, and you’ve established a good rapport. Handing you your מנה פלאפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-2.m4a” /] – falafel portion, he might say to you (if you’re a male):

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-1.m4a” /]תבוא כל יום!

Come (back) every day!

If you’re a female, he’d say: תבואי כל יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-3.m4a” /].

And for a group: תבואו כל יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-4.m4a” /].

תבוא, תבואי and תבואו mean literally, you will come, but they’re used to mean come! just as are most “future” tense (technically imperfect) Hebrew words.

Mind you, כל יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-5.m4a” /] means every day. A very similar expression, כל היום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-6.m4a” /], means all day.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תבוא-כל-יום-7.m4a” /]כל היום חיכינו למשלוח!

We waited for the delivery all day!

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