"אולי."

Translation: Maybe.

[RhondaDeeW]

Can אולי also mean perhaps?

[dudster96]

maybe

[Pumbush]

yes

[TeribleT]

It means both . As in Ivri Lider's song V'ulai ואולי, and perhaps...

[Nathan173901]

My favourite word in Hebrew, maybe (pun intended) because of its somehow pleasant sound. Other examples are: "oublier" in French, "elenco" and "elemosina" in Italian, and "Finsternis" in German.

[Gerardd88]

Is such a final י after a consonant often (or perhaps always) pronounced as a diphthong?

[NaftaliFri1]

Diphthong

[Theresa754142]

Ulai.