How to say “to clean” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 20, 2018October 18, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/לנקות-1.m4a” /]לְנַקּוֹת

to clean - לנקות

Passover is coming, and with it time for many people to do spring cleaning.

To clean in Hebrew is לנקות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/לנקות-1.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/לנקות-2.m4a” /]אוף, אני שונא לנקות!

Ugh, I (a male) hate cleaning (to clean)!

and:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/לנקות-3.m4a” /]כבר ניקיתי את השירותים.

I already cleaned the restroom.

לנקות is an active-intensive פיעל verb of the lamed-heh variety. Its root is נ.ק.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/לנקות-4.m4a” /].

how to say “after you” in Hebrew

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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /]אַחֲרֶיךָ In English, after you is two separate words. In Hebrew, it’s one word – אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] (after) with an ending indicating which you we’re talking about: אחריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to a male, אחרייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to a female, אחריכם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to more than one male or a mixed-gendered group, and אחריכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a”…

a change in YDDH format: how to say “vocalization” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 27, 2022August 19, 2022

נִקּוּד The Hebrew vowel system The system of vocalizing Hebrew text – making it readable phonetically, so that even without understanding the word or context, you could sound it out – is called ניקוד (vocalized, נִקּוּד). The vowel marks themselves are called נקודות – which means literally, points. Early Hebrew speakers who could read, did…

how to say “to fall in love” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 28, 2021October 15, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְאַהֵב The Hebrew word for love is אהבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /], while to love is the simple verb לאהוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]הם אוהבים אחד את השני. They love each other. To fall in love is the reflexive התפעל verb להתאהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]. Literally it’s something like to become in love. For example: [audioclip…

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שינוי Aside from being the name of a short-lived left-of-center Israeli political party, the word שִׁנּוּי (shee-NOO-ee) means a change. Sometimes it takes a long time for a שינוי to appear. However, sometimes, שינוי takes place in an instant. Where in English you might say, it’s warm today, for a change, in…

how to say “chef” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 10, 2020December 4, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /]שֵׁף, טַבָּח מוּמְחֶה, אַשַּׁף מִטְבָּח The most common Hebrew word for chef is שף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /]לכבוד יום ההולדת שלה לקחתי אותה למסעדת שף. For her birthday I took her to a chef’s restaurant. A female chef is שפית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /]. But what is a chef anyway? This French word is…

how do you say “to water the flowers” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger June 27, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-1.m4a” /]לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַפְּרָחִים The simple word for a drink in Hebrew is שתייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-3.m4a” /]בא לי שתייה קרה. I feel like (having) a cold drink. But a higher-register word, corresponding to the English beverage, is משקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-4.m4a” /], of the root ש.ק.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-5.m4a” /] – drink. This root also plugs…

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