how to say “central station” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /]תַּחֲנָה מֶרְכָּזִית
This is a particularly useful expression, both for people who use public transportation in Israel and for those who don’t use it themselves but drop off and pick up friends and family who do.
The expression is תחנה מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /], where תחנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /] means station and מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /] means central.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /]סע באוטובוס 405 מהתחנה המרכזית.
Take (go in) Bus 405 from the central station.
Note that when saying the central station, the expression becomes התחנה המרכית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /], where both words get a ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /] at the beginning. If the expression were an of (construct) relationship and were written תחנה המרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /], it would mean literally station of the central and wouldn’t make sense.