Word
לפי לוח הזמנים, המטוס שלנו אמור לצאת בזמן.
Meaning
According to the timetable, our plane is supposed to leave on time.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of לפי לוח הזמנים, המטוס שלנו אמור לצאת בזמן.
בזמן
on time
שלנו
our
לצאת
to leave
להיות אמור
to be supposed
Questions & Answers about לפי לוח הזמנים, המטוס שלנו אמור לצאת בזמן.
What does לפי mean in this sentence?
לפי means according to or based on.
So לפי לוח הזמנים means according to the schedule.
It is a very common preposition in Hebrew:
- לפי החוק = according to the law
- לפי דעתי = in my opinion / according to my opinion
In your sentence, it sets the frame for the rest of the statement: the expectation comes from the schedule.
What is לוח הזמנים, and why does it mean the schedule?
לוח הזמנים is the normal Hebrew expression for schedule or timetable.
Literally, it is something like:
- לוח = board, chart, table
- זמנים = times
So the phrase literally resembles the board/chart of times, but as a whole it simply means schedule.
This is a very common fixed expression, and learners should treat it as a vocabulary item.
Why is it לוח הזמנים and not הלוח הזמנים?