how to say “elderly” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /]מְבֻגָּר

The Hebrew word for mature is בוגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /] for a male and בוגרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /] for a female.

Someone elderly or mature in the sense of age is מבוגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /] or מבוגרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /]שוחחתי היום עם אישה מבוגרת שגרה בעיר העתיקה.

I spoke today with an elderly woman who lives in the Old City.

מבוגר can also be used in a relative sense – one’s elder.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /]אחי מבוגר ממני בשלוש שנים.

My brother is three years older than me/three years my elder.

מבוגר comes from the פועל verb form.

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