how to say “to make the most of the time” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנצל-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /]לְנַצֵּל אֶת הַזְּמַן

So many of us are homebound now, and we’ve got extra time on our hands.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנצל-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /]איך מנצלים את הזמן הזה?

How do (we) make the most of this time?

מנצלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנצל-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /] is a form of the פיעל verb לנצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנצל-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /], to take advantage.

Since I couldn’t meet with anyone to record conversations, I’ve decided to make videos instead. Check out today’s video here.

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