how to say “a musical” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /]מַחֲזֶמֶר
מחזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] means a play or a display, and זמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] means song or singing. Modern Hebrew combined the two words, creating מחזמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] – a musical.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /]פנטום האופרה הוא מחזמר מצליח ביותר.
The Phantom of the Opera is a very successful musical.
In the plural מחזמר becomes מחזמרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /], or מחזות זמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /].
