how to say “all kinds” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כל-מיני-1.m4a” /]כָּל מִינֵי

The word מין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כל-מיני-2.m4a” /] means kind or type, including a type of person or animal – sex or species also use the word מין.

Kinds are מינים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כל-מיני-3.m4a” /], so kinds of are מיני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כל-מיני-4.m4a” /].

Thus all kinds is כל מיני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כל-מיני-1.m4a” /].

So if you ask a teenager:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כל-מיני-5.m4a” /]מה למדת היום בבית הספר?

What did you learn today in school?

she might politely dismiss you with:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כל-מיני-6.m4a” /]כל מיני דברים.

All kinds of things.

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