how to say “I can’t get any work done” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי לֹא מַצְלִיחַ לַעֲבוֹד

The Hebrew word להצליח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-2.m4a” /] means to succeed. But its uses reach much farther, so that it effectively means to be able to or to get something done.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-3.m4a” /]אני לא מצליח לעבוד עם כל הרעש הזה!

I’m not able to get any work done with all this noise! (spoken by a male)

and

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-4.m4a” /]הצלחת ליצר איתו קשר?

Did you (a female) manage to get in touch with him?

להצליח is an active-causative verb.

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