how do you say “to fly” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-1.m4a” /]לָעוּף, לָטוּס
How do you say to fly in Hebrew? Depend on who’s flying.
If it’s a bird or another organism, the word is לעוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-2.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-3.m4a” /]עוף, גוזל.
Fly away, little bird.
But if what’s flying (or the one doing the work involved in flying) is an inanimate object, use לטוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-4.m4a” /]:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-5.m4a” /]טסתי לפריז בשבוע שעבר.
I flew (by plane) to Paris last week.
לטוס also works in proverbially, as in this comment about a human being:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-6.m4a” /]הוא טס, אי אפשר לעקוב אחריו!
He flies, it’s impossible to follow him!
Both לעוף and לטוס are simple verbs of the hollow variety.
