how to say “zoo” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /]גַּן חַיּוֹת
A great place to take the kids during summer vacation – if it’s not too hot – is to a גן חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /] – zoo, or literally, garden of animals.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /]חבל שאין מזגנים בגן החיות!
It’s too bad there aren’t air-conditioning (units) at the zoo!
חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /] – animals – comes from the root ח.י.י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /] meaning life.
A single animal is a חיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /].