how to say “front seat” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /]מוֹשָׁב קִדְמִי

You may know the word מושב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] as referring to an agricultural settlement. But it’s also a seat, which becomes apparent when we see that the root is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] meaning sitting.

A front seat is מושב קדמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /], where קדמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] comes from the root ק.ד.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] meaning before – the front seat is the one situated before the others.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /]היום היא מספיק גדולה כדי לשבת במושב הקדמי של הרכב.

Today she’s old (big) enough to sit in the front seat of the car.

A back seat is מושב אחורי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /].