how to say “a story is told…” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-1.m4a” /]סִפּוּר מְסֻפָּר
If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you most probably know the word for book – ספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-2.m4a” /]. You may also know the word for story – סיפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-3.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-4.m4a” /]בספר הזה יש הרבה סיפורים מעניינים.
In this book there are a lot of interesting stories.
To tell a story is לספר סיפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-5.m4a” /]. The verb – לספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-6.m4a” /] – is of the active-intensive form.
So it follows that a story told and a story is told would feature the passive-intensive verb form: סיפור מסופר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-1.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסופר-7.m4a” /]סיפור מסופר בעיירה קטנה באוקראינה…
A story is told in a small town in Ukraine…
