how to say “to try” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /]לְנַסּוֹת
Hebrew has a few words for to try, depending on the type of trying.
להשתדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /] (a התפעל verb) and לעשות מאמץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /] mean to make an effort. But the most generic word for to try is the פיעל verb לנסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /].
For example, you might say to a boy or a man:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /]תנסה לישון קצת.
Try to sleep a little.
The root of לנסות is נ.ס.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /]. Related words include ניסיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /] – trial, experience and ניסוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לנסות-#.m4a” /] – experiment.
