how to say “raw” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חי-נא-1.m4a” /]חַי, נָא
A raw vegetable is חי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חי-נא-2.m4a” /] – literally, alive.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חי-נא-3.m4a” /]היא לא אוהבת לאכול בצל חי.
She doesn’t like eating raw onion.
For meat, however, use the word נא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חי-נא-4.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חי-נא-5.m4a” /]לא הרבה אנשים אוכלים בשר נא.
Not many people eat raw meat.
נא referring to meat and נא meaning please are not related.