how to say “apartment” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-1.m4a” /]דִּירָה
Today דירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-1.m4a” /] refers to apartment, but the term originally meant dwelling in the general sense.
Here’s an example of today’s usage:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-2.m4a” /]כמה חדרי שינה יש בדירה?
How many bedrooms are there in the apartment?
Note that the speaker here specified bedrooms. Usually, Israeli apartment hunters ask:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-3.m4a” /]כמה חדרים יש בדירה?
How many rooms are there in the apartment?
חדרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-4.m4a” /] – rooms –implies not only bedrooms, but also the living room. So, in a:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-5.m4a” /]דירה של שלושה חדרים
A three-room apartment
there are two bedrooms and a living room.
An apartment unit is יחידת דיור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-6.m4a” /].
