how to say “fast train” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /]רַכֶּבֶת מְהִירָה

If you know some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for fast – מהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /].

מהר means fast in the sense of quickly. It’s an adverb, so you can say הוא הולך מהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /] – he walks fast, he’s doing something fast. But the word for fast the adjective – to describe a thing – is מהיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /] for masculine objects and מהירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /] for feminine objects.

For example, a fast train רכבת מהירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /].

But if you want to describe a particular train line as fast, you’d say קו הרכבת המהיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/רכבת-מהירה-#.m4a” /]קו הרכבת המהיר מחבר בין הערים תל אביב וירושלים.

The fast train line connects between the cities Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.