טייל tiyél, “travel around, hike, stroll,” is a pi'el verb, root ט־י־ל. The middle radical is consonantal י, and pi'el doubles it. Ordinary unpointed spelling therefore shows two yods in every verb form that contains the stem: טייל, טיילתי, מטייל, יטייל, לטייל. That spelling is the card's central fact.
Complete paradigm
| Person | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|
| אני | טִיַּילְתִּי tiyálti | אֲטַיֵּיל atayél |
| אתה | טִיַּילְתָּ tiyálta | תְּטַיֵּיל tetayél |
| את | טִיַּילְתְּ tiyált | תְּטַיְּילִי tetaylí |
| הוא | טִיֵּיל tiyél | יְטַיֵּיל yetayél |
| היא | טִיְּילָה tiyelá | תְּטַיֵּיל tetayél |
| אנחנו | טִיַּילְנוּ tiyálnu | נְטַיֵּיל netayél |
| אתם / אתן | טִיַּילְתֶּם / טִיַּילְתֶּן tiyáltem / tiyálten | תְּטַיְּילוּ tetaylú |
| הם / הן | טִיְּילוּ tiyelú | יְטַיְּילוּ yetaylú |
| Form type | Forms | Use |
|---|---|---|
| present | מְטַיֵּיל metayél · מְטַיֶּילֶת metayélet · מְטַיְּילִים metaylím · מְטַיְּילוֹת metaylót | neutral and frequent |
| imperative | טַיֵּיל tayél · טַיְּילִי taylí · טַיְּילוּ taylú | true imperative; future commands are also common |
| infinitive | לְטַיֵּיל letayél | neutral and frequent |
| action noun | טִיּוּל tiyúl | trip, hike, outing |
The specifically feminine plural future תטיילנה is (formal or literary); contemporary Hebrew uses תטיילו. In careful speech the second-person plural past endings can carry final stress, tiyaltém / tiyaltén; everyday speech usually retracts it, as shown in the table.
טיילנו בצפון בסוף השבוע והיה מזג אוויר מושלם.
tiyálnu batsafón besóf hashavúa vehayá mézeg avír mushlám.
We traveled around the north over the weekend, and the weather was perfect.
אני מטיילת עם הכלב לפני העבודה.
aní metayélet im hakélev lifnéi ha'avodá.
I walk the dog before work. (f. speaker)
Where English says “walk the dog,” Hebrew normally keeps טייל intransitive: מטייל עם הכלב. Do not make the dog a direct object as מטייל את הכלב. A useful alternative is מוציא את הכלב לטיול, “takes the dog out for a walk”; there מוציא is transitive and הכלב is its object.
Two yods in the verb, one in טיול
The verb and its action noun look deceptively similar. In טייל, the sequence יי writes the doubled consonantal radical /y/. In טיול tiyúl, the single yod belongs to the noun's vowel-and-glide sequence; it is not the doubled pi'el consonant. The contrast survives everywhere in ordinary writing.
| Family member | Written form | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| he traveled around | טייל | tiyél |
| is traveling around | מטייל | metayél |
| to travel around | לטייל | letayél |
| a trip / outing | טיול | tiyúl |
הטיול השנתי נדחה בגלל הגשם.
hatiyúl hashnatí nidkhá biglál hagéshem.
The annual school trip was postponed because of the rain.
בוא נצא לטיול קצר לפני שמחשיך.
bo netsé letiyúl katsár lifnéi shemakhshíkh.
Let's go for a short outing before it gets dark. (to a man)
This is a spelling rule, not a difference in register. טייל and טיול are both neutral everyday words. The double-vav and double-yod spelling page places this family inside the wider ktiv-male system.
Traveling in a place: טייל ב־
טייל presents movement around, through, or within a place. The place therefore normally takes ב־: טייל בגליל, טייל באירופה, טייל בעיר העתיקה. English can say “travel Europe” with no preposition; Hebrew marks the setting as a place traversed.
הם מטיילים בדרום אמריקה כבר ארבעה חודשים.
hem metaylím bidróm amérika kvar arba'á khodashím.
They've been traveling around South America for four months.
טיילתי באירופה חודשיים אחרי הלימודים.
tiyálti be'eirópa khodsháyim akharéi halimudím.
I traveled around Europe for two months after my studies.
בשבת נטייל בנחל אם לא יהיה חם מדי.
beshabát netayél banákhal im lo yihyé kham midái.
On Saturday we'll hike in the wadi if it isn't too hot.
A destination reached is framed with נסע ל־, not with טייל as a substitute for “go”: נסענו לגליל וטיילנו שם, “we traveled to the Galilee and toured there.” This is a difference of viewpoint. נסע profiles the journey to a destination; טייל profiles the time spent moving around once the outing is underway.
נסענו לחיפה וטיילנו בטיילת עד השקיעה.
nasánu lekhéifa vetiyálnu batayélet ad hashki'á.
We went to Haifa and strolled along the promenade until sunset.
טיול, נסיעה, and חופשה
The three common nouns divide the event differently. טיול is an outing, hike, tour, or pleasure trip; נסיעה is the ride or journey by transport; חופשה is the vacation or time away from work. They can refer to parts of one holiday without being synonyms.
הנסיעה הייתה ארוכה, אבל הטיול עצמו היה נהדר.
hanesi'á haytá aruká, avál hatiyúl atsmó hayá nehedár.
The drive was long, but the outing itself was wonderful.
אחרי הצבא היא יצאה לטיול ארוך במזרח.
akharéi hatsavá hi yats'á letiyúl arókh bamizrákh.
After the army she left for a long backpacking trip in the East.
טיול שנתי is an annual school trip; טיול אחרי צבא is the conventional post-army trip; מדריך טיולים is a tour guide. נעליים לטיולים are footwear for hikes or outings. טיילת tayélet is a promenade, a place noun whose feminine ending resembles the present participle but whose lexical meaning is fixed.
Key Takeaways
- Every verb form keeps doubled יי: טייל, מטייל, יטייל, לטייל; the noun טיול has one yod.
- A place traveled around takes ב־. A destination reached normally belongs to נסע ל־.
- טיול is the outing, נסיעה the journey or ride, and חופשה the vacation period.
- Frequent frames include יצא לטייל, יצא לטיול, טיול שנתי, טיול אחרי צבא, and מדריך טיולים.
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