how to say “trainee” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]מִתְלַמֵּד

To learn or to study, in Hebrew, is the simple פעל verb ללמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /].

To teach is the intensive פיעל verb ללמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /].

Then there’s להתלמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /], a reflexive התפעל verb. It means literally to teach oneself, though its more common forms are מתלמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /] – trainee (for a male) and מתלמדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /] (for a female).

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]אחרי הסגרים כל המלצרים היו מתלמדים, וזה היה מורגש בשירות.

After the lockdowns all the waiters were trainees, and you could feel it in the service.