how to say “great!” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]אֵיזֶה יוֹפִי! נֶהֱדָר!
In Italian it’s fantastico! In Spanish it’s genial! In English it’s great!… and in Hebrew it’s איזה יופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /] or נהדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]!
איזה יופי means literally what beauty!
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]איזה יופי שהצלחתם להזיז את הטיסה!
How great that you guys managed to change your (the) flight!
יופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /] also works for simply great, as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]הוא הביא את הגיטרה שלו? יופי.
He brought his guitar? Great.
נהדר means literally magnificent. While נהדר is a bit more formal than יופי, it’s used much more commonly than magnificent is in English.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]איך היה? היה נהדר!
How was it? It was great!
נהדר derives from the פיעל verb form, employing the word הדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /] – splendor – as the root.
