how to say “actor” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]שַׂחְקָן

You may know the Hebrew word for to play – לשחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]. This is a פיעל verb of the root שׂ.ח.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /].

A player is a שחקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /] if he’s a male and שחקנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /] if she’s a female, for example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]הוא שחקן כדורגל מפורסם.

He’s a famous soccer player.

But שחקן and שחקנית also refer to an actor or actress:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]מאז שהיא הייתה ילדה היא רצתה להיות שחקנית.

Since she was a girl she’s wanted to be an actress.

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