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Usages of לענות
הוא שואל אם יש עוד זמן, והיא עונה: כן.
He asks if there is still time, and she answers, “Yes.”
את שואלת אם אני מוכן, ואני עונה: עוד לא.
You ask if I am ready, and I answer, “Not yet.”
כשהוא מתחיל לעבוד, הוא לא עונה לטלפון.
When he starts working, he does not answer the phone.
היא שואלת אם התרגיל הזה קשה יותר, ואני עונה שהפעם הוא קל.
She asks whether this exercise is more difficult, and I answer that this time it is easy.
יש סיבה טובה למה היא לא עונה לטלפון עכשיו.
There is a good reason why she is not answering the phone now.
אני עדיין לא יכולה לקבוע את הפגישה, כי המנהל עוד לא ענה לי.
I still can't schedule the meeting, because the manager has not answered me yet.
הוא שואל אם שמעתי אותם, ואני עונה ששמעתי אותם אבל לא ראיתי אותם.
He asks whether I heard them, and I answer that I heard them but did not see them.
היא ביקשה ממני לבוא איתה לבית המרקחת, כי הרופא עוד לא ענה לה.
She asked me to come with her to the pharmacy, because the doctor has not answered her yet.
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