how to say “I’m bored” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /]מְשַׁעֲמֵם לִי
You may know the Hebrew word for boring – משעמם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /]איזה סרט משעמם!
What a boring movie!
To say I’m bored, you’d literally say it’s boring for me; משעמם לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /].
Likewise, you’re bored is משעמם לך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /] to a male, משעמם לך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /] to a female, etc.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /]משעמם לך, דוד? תקרא ספר. אני לא יכול כל הזמן לשעשע אותך.
You’re bored, David? Read a book. I can’t entertain you all the time.
משעמם is a form of the פיעל verb לשעמם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /]. Boredom is שיעמום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעמם-לי-#.m4a” /].
