how do you say “pill” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-1.m4a” /]כַּדּוּר
In Hebrew, the word for pill, ball and bullet are all the same: כדור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-1.m4a” /].
Here’s an example of the first on the list:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-2.m4a” /]היא התחילה לקחת כדורי שינה.
She started taking sleeping pills.
While we’re at it, here are examples of the other usages of כדור:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-3.m4a” /]הם משחקים כדורגל.
They are playing soccer (football).
and
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-4.m4a” /]נפלט כדור בטעות במהלך התרגיל.
A bullet was fired (emitted) by mistake during the drill.
כדור even doubles as globe, as implied in כדור הארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-5.m4a” /] – (the globe of) Earth.
