how to say "to enjoy" in Hebrew

הַקַּיִץ מַגִּיעַ - עַכְשָׁו זְמַן לְהַתְחִיל לֵהָנוֹת.

In the summer, one can enjoy/benefit from many events that the Jerusalem municipality is organizing. listen As you can see, the two uses of ליהנות - to enjoy and to benefit - are not so distinct in Hebrew.

ליהנות is a נִפְעַל verb of the non-Biblical root ה.נ.ה (h.n.h). Since the letter ה (h) lacks the hard-consonant quality that other letters such as נ (n), ג (g) and ל (l) have, it tends to disappear or otherwise cause problems with pronunciation.

To help you get your mouth around the different ways of conjugating the verb ליהנות, here are a few examples:

Past tense אֲנִי נֶהֱנֵתִי - I enjoyed listen and repeat

?אַתֶּם נֶהֱנֵתֶם - did you (plural) enjoy? listen and repeat הִיא נֶהֱנְתָּה - she enjoyed listen and repeat Present tense הוּא נֶהֱנֶה - he is enjoying listen and repeat אַתְּ נֶהֱנֵת - you (a female) enjoy listen and repeat אֲנַחְנוּ נֶהֱנִים - we are enjoying listen and repeat אַתֶּן נֶהֱנוֹת - you (plural, just females) enjoy listen and repeat

Future tense (note the ah vowel, like in the infinitive) אֲנִי אֵהָנֶה - I will enjoy listen and repeat אַתָּה תֵּהָנֶה - you (a male) will enjoy listen and repeat

הוּא יֵהָנֶה - he will enjoy listen and repeat

For more background and information on how to spell forms of ליהנות without vowels, see this article.