how to say “elementary (primary) school” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /]בֵּית סֵפֶר יְסוֹדִי
The Hebrew expression for school is בית ספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] – literally, house of book. The school is בית הספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /].
How about elementary school or primary school? That’s בית ספר יסודי,[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] where יסודי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] means elementary. People also shorten the expression to simply היסודי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] – the elementary, as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /]איפה למדת ביסודי, דוד?
Where did you go to elementary school, David?
That example means literally where did you study in the elementary, David? That’s because unlike English, Hebrew doesn’t talk about going to school, but rather studying at/in school.
