how to say “plaid shirt” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]חֻלְצָה מְשֻׁבֶּצֶת
Like יותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /] – more, we teach the word for shirt – חולצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /] – in the first few lessons of our program.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]איזו חולצה יפה!
What a nice shirt!
A plaid shirt is חולצה משובצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]פעם חולצה משובצת הייתה באופנה, אבל היום פחות.
A plaid shirt used to be in style, but today it’s less so.
משובצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /] is a פועל form, coming from the root ש.ב.צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /] meaning checkered. The root also appears in the word for crossword puzzle – תשבץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /].
