how to say “vocal cords” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]מֵיתְרֵי הַקּוֹל
The Hebrew word for sound as well as voice is קול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]. Its plural is קולות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]שמעתי קולות מוזרים אתמול בלילה.
I heard strange sounds last night.
A string that produces music is a מיתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]נקרע לי מיתר בגיטרה.
A string ripped on my guitar.
Put קול and מיתר together, and you have מיתרי הקול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /] – the vocal cords (literally, the cords of the voice).
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]לתוכים אין מיתרי קול.
Parrots don’t have vocal cords.
Note that -ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /] meaning the appears in the second word in מיתרי הקול. More on that in today’s video.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-8.m4a” /]חג שמח!
Happy holiday!