איפה / מאיפה / לאן

Asking About Place

Level 1

איפה asks where something is, מאיפה asks where it comes from, and לאן asks where it is going.

How It Works

Location

איפה הספר? asks where the book is. The answer can be הספר על השולחן. No verb is is needed. איפה את גרה? asks where a female addressee lives.

Source and Destination

מאיפה אתה בא? asks where a male addressee comes from or is coming from. לאן את הולכת? asks her destination. A response such as הביתה, homeward, fits a destination question.

Match the Question

Choose איפה for location, מאיפה for a source and לאן for a destination. The answer should give the relationship asked for.

Examples (4)

  1. איפה הספר?

    Where is the book?

    The question asks for its location.

  2. איפה את גרה?

    Where do you live?

    A woman is being addressed.

  3. מאיפה אתה בא?

    Where are you coming from?

    מאיפה asks for the source.

  4. לאן את הולכת?

    Where are you going?

    לאן asks for the destination.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

איפה / מאיפה / לאןLevel 1Asking About Place

Learn This First

Distinguish a place, an origin and a destination using familiar spatial relations.