how to say “square meters” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטר-רבוע-#.m4a” /]מֶטֶר רָבוּעַ, מ”ר

If you can count to ten in Hebrew, you know what ארבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטר-רבוע-#.m4a” /] means (hint – it’s between three and five).

The root of ארבע is ר.ב.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטר-רבוע-#.m4a” /], which appears in the expression מטר רבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטר-רבוע-#.m4a” /] – square meter(s), usually abbreviated in writing to מ”ר (still read out as מטר רבוע).

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטר-רבוע-#.m4a” /]כמה מ”ר (מטר רבוע) יש בדירה?

How many square meters are there in the apartment?

ר.ב.ע is also the root of רובע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטר-רבוע-#.m4a” /], a quarter in the sense of neighborhood.