how to say “public school” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /]בֵּית סֵפֶר מַמְלַכְתִּי
While public school translates directly to בית ספר ציבורי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /], the Israeli public educational system is called חינוך ממלכתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /] – state education. A primary or secondary school in this system is בית ספר ממלכתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /]הוא למד בתור ילד בבית ספר ממלכתי דתי.
He studied, as a child, at a religious state school.
ממלכתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /] comes from word ממלכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /] meaning sovereignty or kingdom; ממלכה itself comes from the word מלך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ממלכתי-#.m4a” /] meaning king.
