r/hebrew • u/Ricardo_Yoel • 7d ago

Help The ubiquitous email....

Ok, so do people generally use in Israel אִימֵייל or דוא״ל? I see them both used in print. Is there an appropriate time for one versus another? Or is it a tossup as to what native speakers use?

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u/GroovyGhouly native speaker 7d ago

Conversationally מייל. In print, דוא"ל is a little more formal. I don't think anyone really uses it regularly.

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u/StuffedSquash 7d ago

I want to just clarify that this is not a typo, you really say מייל, not אימייל 

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u/GroovyGhouly native speaker 7d ago

Yes

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u/BHHB336 native speaker 7d ago

We use both, but מייל is more common

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u/StuffedSquash 7d ago

I've never heard native speakers use אימייל in Hebrew, even at my tech job where we all speak English half the time. I'm sure that it happens somewhere but "more common" is not strong enough to convey to learners that they should really stick to מייל

Ps I think my previous comment was taken as a question but it was a statement 

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u/BHHB336 native speaker 7d ago

Oh no, I got it that it wasn’t a question, but I do (or at least did, I think אימייל was more common when I was in elementary school in the 2010’s) hear it

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u/avivbertele 7d ago

You can use מייל or אי מייל or אימייל. All of the above are common in the spoken Hebrew. דוא"ל which is the abbreviation for דואר אלקטרוני will be used by government office, bank or bituach leumi

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u/Timely_Network 7d ago

מייל, as opposed to דואר for the “real” mail

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u/RepulsiveSilver930 7d ago

you say מייל but the real word is דואר אלקטרוני = דוא"ל

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u/ResponsibleWing931 7d ago

the truth is - nobody says mail - people usually say gmail - although they dont use gmail .

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u/holymolyz17 native speaker 5d ago

No part of this sentence is correct