how to say “diary” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יומן-1.m4a” /]יוֹמָן
The Spanish word for day is dia (pretty close in sound to day), and it serves as the basis for the word diary. Likewise, journal comes from the French journee, also meaning day. A diary or a journal is a book in which people record the events of their day, either as an intellectual/emotional exercise, or as a day planner.
The Hebrew word for all of these is יומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יומן-1.m4a” /], deriving from the word יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יומן-2.m4a” /] – day.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יומן-3.m4a” /]כל לילה הוא לוקח זמן לכתוב ביומן.
Every night he takes time to write in his (the) diary.
and
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יומן-4.m4a” /]אוי, שכחתי את הפגישה, לא רשמתי אותה ביומן!
Oh no, I forgot the meeting, I hadn’t jotted it down in my day-planner!