how to say “put on your shoes” in Hebrew
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לִנְעוֹל נַעֲלַיִם
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In English, we have one word to cover the act of donning a variety of types of apparel: to wear.
In Hebrew, we have different verbs for different articles of clothing.
To wear shoes is לִנְעוֹל נַעֲלַיִם . As you can probably tell just by looking at the two words, the root of לנעול is נ.ע.ל (n.a.l), the same root as that of shoe – נַעַל .
. As you can probably tell just by looking at the two words, the root of לנעול is נ.ע.ל (n.a.l), the same root as that of shoe – נַעַל .לנעול is an active-simple verb, but it follows a slightly different pattern from the norm: it follows the אֶפְעַל-“efal” variety.
For example, here’s how to tell a boy to put on his shoes:
תִּנְעַל נַעֲלַיִם!
literally, put on shoes!
And here’s how to tell a girl to do the same:
תִּנְעֲלִי נַעֲלַיִם!
Here’s a chart to help you learn to conjugate אפעל verbs such as לנעול.
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