how to say “sort of” in Hebrew
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סוּג שֶׁל…
When they want to express similarity without being too specific (or to say “no” or “not really” without actually saying it), English speakers use the expression sort of or kind of. Often this is a response to a question. For example:
Q: Is he tall?
A: Well, he’s kind of tall…
Colloquial Hebrew has adopted this expression in direct translation from the English: סוּג שֶׁל (soog shel) – literally, a type/sort/kind of.
To translate the Q&A above:
שְׁאֵלָה: הוּא גָּבוֹהָ?
תְּשׁוּבָה: סוּג שֶׁל…
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