how to say “a wonderful day” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /]יוֹם נִפְלָא

Hebrew has many ways of wishing someone a good day. There’s the simple יום טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – good day, יום נהדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – a great day, יום מצוין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – an excellent day and יום נפלא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – a wonderful day – among others.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /]שיהיה לכם יום נפלא!

(May you guys) have a wonderful day!

More slangy, you might hear אחלה יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – a great day, where אחלה (in Arabic, أحلا) [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] is Arabic for great/the sweetest.

נפלא comes from the word פלא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] meaning wonder.

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