how to say “I grew up on” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /]גָּדַלְתִּי עַל
The Hebrew word לגדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /] means to grow, as well as to grow up.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /]היא גדלה בפרבר של ניו יורק.
She grew up in a suburb of New York.
And as I say in English that I grew up on something such as Batman or Frosted Flakes, in Hebrew I say גדלתי על… [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /]
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /]גדלתי על קלטות של אריק איינשטיין – כן, קלטות.
I grew up on tapes of Arik Einstein – yes, tapes.
Learn to conjugate words like לגדול here.
