how to say “to trouble (someone)” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /]לְהַטְרִיחַ
If לטרוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /] means to go to the trouble, להטריח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /] – a causative הפעיל verb using the same root – means to trouble someone else.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /]אני לא רוצה להטריח אותך, דוד, אבל אני צריך עזרה.
I don’t want to trouble you, David, but I need help.
Trouble – in the sense of inconvenience – is טרחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /]זאת לא טרחה בשבילי.
It’s not an inconvenience for me.
If you want to say, however, it doesn’t bother me, that’s זה לא מפריע לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /].
