how to say “seasoning” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /]תִּיבּוּל
קינמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /] – cinnammon, כורכום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /] – turmeric, כמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /] – cumin: these are all תבלינים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /] – spices (a single spice is תבלין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /]).
What do we do with תבלינים? We season food – מתבלים אוכל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /]. To season is the פיעל verb לתבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /], and seasoned (in the literal sense, not the figurative sense) is מתובל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /]היא לא אוהבת אוכל מתובל.
She doesn’t like seasoned food.
What about seasoning itself? That’s תיבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /]איזה תיבול אתם אוהבים באוכל?
What seasoning do you guys like in your (the) food?
Likewise, עשבי תיבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/תיבול-#.m4a” /] are herbs that are used as spices.
