how to say “land line” in Hebrew
טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּח, טֶלֶפוֹן קַוִּי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-1.wav” /]
More and more people don’t these anymore, but many still do, so it’s worth an entry.
While a mobile phone is a טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-2.wav” /], a land line is called either a טלפון נַיָּח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-3.wav” /] – literally, stationary phone, or טלפון קַוִּי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-4.wav” /] – a line or wire phone.
This disappearing phenomenon is also sometimes called טלפון בֵּיתִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-5.wav” /] – a house phone, or טלפון בַּבַּיִת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-6.wav” /] – a phone in the home.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-7.wav” /]מְבַקְּשִׁים מִמֶּנִּי מִסְפָּר טֶלֶפוֹן בֵּיתִי, אֲבָל אֵין לִי.
They ask me for (my) home phone number, but I don’t have (one).