how to say “dance” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-1.m4a” /]מָחוֹל, רִקּוּד
Yesterday, we saw the term for folk dancing or what has come to mean Israeli dancing to foreigners – ריקודי עם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-2.m4a” /].
Now, ריקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-3.m4a” /] means dance in the sense of the physical act of dancing. Dance as an art form, however, has another word: מחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-4.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-5.m4a” /]היא למדה מחול במכללה לאומנויות.
She studied dance at the College for the Arts.
