how to say “don’t forget” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-1.m4a” /]אַל תְּשְׁכַּח
The Hebrew word for to forget, a simple verb of the efal variety is לשכוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-2.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-3.m4a” /]שכחתי את התיק שלי בבית.
I forgot my bag at home.
To tell someone not to do something, you’d put the word אל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-4.m4a” /] in front of a future-tense conjugation, so that don’t forget is אל תשכח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-1.m4a” /] to a male, אל תשכחי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-5.m4a” /] to a female, and אל תשכחו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-6.m4a” /] to a group.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-7.m4a” /]ערן, אל תשכח להוציא את הזבל!
Eran (a boy), don’t forget to take out the garbage!
Here’s Arik Einstein’s classic song, עוף גוזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-8.m4a” /] – Fly Away, Little Bird. In it, you’ll find an example of אל תשכח.
