how to say “back to school” in Hebrew
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חֲזָרָה לְבֵית הַסֵּפֶר
In English, we have to come back and to return. Both phrases describe the same situation, but while the former describes a day-to-day return, the latter describes a more dramatic one.
Likewise in Hebrew, there are two words that mean to return to a place: לַחְזוֹר (lahkh-ZOHR) and לָשׁוּב (lah-SHOOV). Both are active-simple פָּעַל verbs.
לחזור means to come back, while לשוב means to return.
An example using a variation of לחזור:
הִיא חָזְרָה הַבַּיְתָה מֵהַטִּיּוּל.
She came back home from the trip.
(hee khahz-RAH hah-BAH-ee-tah meh-hah-tee-YOOL)
And an example using a variation of לשוב:
אַחֲרֵי חָדָשִׁים רַבִּים בַּקְּרָב, הוּא סוֹף כָּל סוֹף שָׁב הַבַּיְתָה.
After many months in battle, he finally returned home.
Translating back to school into Hebrew using the right word for returning, we get:
חֲזָרָה לְבֵית הַסֵּפֶר – literally, a return to the school – (khah-zah-RAH leh-VEH-eet hah-SEH-fehr).
Another well-known usage the word חזרה is in the Hebrew translation of Back to the Future (literally, with return to the future) – בְּחֲזָרָה לָעָתִיד (beh-khah-zah-RAH lah-ah-TEED).
We at Ulpan La-Inyan wish
בְּהַצְלָחָה לְכָל הַתַּלְמִידִים!
Good luck (literally, success) to all the students!
(beh-hahts-lah-KHAH leh-KHOHL hah-tahl-mee-DEEM).
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