how to say “the Old City” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /]הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה

How do you say the Old City in Hebrew? העיר העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /], where העיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the city and העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the old (yes, literally it’s the city, the old – that’s how Hebrew works).

Say עתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] – old out loud. Better yet, say its masculine version, עתיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /]. Sounds like the English word antique, right? That’s because antique comes from the Semitic (originally Aramaic) word עתיק.

Here’s the epression in context:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /]הנדל”ן יקר בעיר העתיקה ירושלים.

The real estate is expensive in the Old City, Jerusalem.