how to say “let’s hope” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /]בּוֹא נְקַוֶּוה
As you may recognize from Israel’s national anthem, the Hebrew word for hope is תקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /].
Likewise, to hope is לקוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /]אני מקווה שאתם צופים גם בסרטון (ראו למטה).
I hope you also watch the video (see below).
To say, let’s hope, use one of the following options, which all mean literally come, we will hope:
בוא נקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /] – when speaking to a male
בואי נקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /] – when speaking to a female
בואו נקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /] – when speaking to more than one person
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /]בואו נקווה שנצליח לבלום את הקורונה.
Let’s hope we manage to stop corona.
לקוות is a פיעל verb of the root ק.ו.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /].
