how to say “cookies” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]עוּגִיּוֹת
Cookie or biscuit? To each his own dialect of English, but the digital world has decided that those trackers we’re asked to accept upon visiting websites are called cookies.
In Hebrew, both the digital and the delicious are called עוגיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /], while a single cookie is עוגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]הילד אוכל רק עוגיות כל היום!
The boy eats only cookies all day long!
עוגיה is a diminutive (cute little) version of the biblical (as well as modern) word for cake – עוגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /], which itself comes from the root ע.ו.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /] meaning round – which is the shape of cakes baked in ancient circular ovens.
