how to say “musical instrument” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /]כְּלִי נְגִינָה
The word כלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /] means utensil as well as instrument. Thus there are כְּלֵי בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /] – houseware items and כְּלֵי נגינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /] – musical instruments.
In the singular, it’s כְּלִי נגינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /]החצוצרה, הפסנתר והגיטרה כולם כלי נגינה.
The trumpet, the piano and the guitar are all musical instruments.
You may know the expression כלי זמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /] for musical instrument, as it is the origin of Klezmer music. But Modern Hebrew prefers כלי נגינה.
