how to say “computerized” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /]מְמֻחְשָׁב
You may know the Hebrew word for computer – מחשב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /], deriving from the root ח.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /] meaning thinking.
But did you know the word for computerized? That’s ממוחשב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /]למה לא עושים קלפי ממוחשב?
Why don’t they make a computerized ballot box?
ממוחשב is a פועל verb, the passive form of the פיעל verb למחשב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /] – to computerize.