how to say “water bottles” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-1.m4a” /]בַּקְבּוּקֵי מַיִם

Some Hebrew words are onomatopoeias – they’re named after the sound they make. One such word is בקבוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-2.m4a” /]. Imagine pouring a lot of wine and you’ll understand what I mean.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-3.m4a” /]כשמטיילים, חשוב להביא בקבוק מים.

When (you) hike, it’s important to take a bottle of water.

Bottles are בקבוקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-4.m4a” /], and bottles of are בקבוקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-5.m4a” /] – so bottles of water, or simply water bottles, are בקבוקי מים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-1.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-6.m4a” /]כאן מוכרים בקבוקי מים בזול.

Here they sell water bottles for cheap.