how to say “to clean the house” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנקות-את-הבית-#.m4a” /]לְנַקּוֹת אֶת הַבַּיִת

This Passover, cleaning the house means more than just getting rid of the Corona beer.

How do you say to clean the house in Hebrew? לנקות את הבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנקות-את-הבית-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנקות-את-הבית-#.m4a” /]השנה כל הילדים עוזרים לנקות את הבית.

This year, all the kids are helping to clean the house.

לנקות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנקות-את-הבית-#.m4a” /] is a פיעל verb of the root נ.ק.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לנקות-את-הבית-#.m4a” /].

Watch me cleaning my place, speaking in Hebrew.

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