How do you say «at my place» in Hebrew?

אֶצְלִי (etsli). בּוֹאוּ אֶצְלִי, «come over to my place». The endings are those of לִי.

What is the difference between אֶצְלִי and יֵשׁ לִי?

הַמַּפְתֵּחַ אֶצְלִי means the key is with me right now; יֵשׁ לִי מַפְתֵּחַ means I own a key.

Can אֵצֶל go with a place, like a city?

No, אֵצֶל goes only with people. For a building you use בְּ, for going somewhere לְ.

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אֵצֶל with endings: אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלוֹ

אֵצֶל means «at someone’s place»: אֵצֶל הָרוֹפֵא «at the doctor’s», אֵצֶל סַבְתָּא «at Grandma’s». It is like the French «chez»: it always goes with a person, never with a building or a city. With pronouns it takes exactly the endings of לִי: אֶצְלִי «at my place», אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלֵךְ, אֶצְלוֹ, אֶצְלָהּ, אֶצְלֵנוּ, אֶצְלְכֶם, אֶצְלָם.

Two uses to keep apart. Place: אֲנַחְנוּ אוֹכְלִים אֶצְלָם בְּשַׁבָּת, «we eat at their place on Saturday». And having something on you: הַמַּפְתֵּחַ אֶצְלִי, «I have the key» (it is with me), against יֵשׁ לִי מַפְתֵּחַ, «I own a key».

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Step 28 of 35 · Explanation

אֵצֶל with endings: אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלוֹ

means «at someone's place»: «at the doctor's», «at Grandma's».

It is a place that belongs to a person, so it always goes with a person, never with a building or a city.

With pronouns it takes exactly the endings of : «at my place», , , , , , , .

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How do you say «at my place» in Hebrew?: אֶצְלִי (etsli). בּוֹאוּ אֶצְלִי, «come over to my place». The endings are those of לִי.
What is the difference between אֶצְלִי and יֵשׁ לִי?: הַמַּפְתֵּחַ אֶצְלִי means the key is with me right now; יֵשׁ לִי מַפְתֵּחַ means I own a key.
Can אֵצֶל go with a place, like a city?: No, אֵצֶל goes only with people. For a building you use בְּ, for going somewhere לְ.

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אֵצֶל with endings: אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלוֹ

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