how to say “to go up the stairs” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת בַּמַּדְרֵגוֹת

Stairs are מדרגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], from the root ד.ר.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], one of the roots meaning level.

How would you say to go up the stairs? That’s לעלות במדרגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], literally to go up in the stairs. 

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /]אפשר לעלות או במדרגות הרגילות או במדרגות הנעות.

You can go up either the regular stairs or the escalator.

לעלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /] is the simple verb meaning to go up.