how to say “to clean your room” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסדר-את-החדר-1.m4a” /]לְסַדֵּר אֶת הַחֶדֶר

While English-speaking parents (especially North Americans) might tell their children to clean their rooms, Israeli parents would tell them to tidy or organize their rooms – לסדר את החדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסדר-את-החדר-1.m4a” /] – literally, to tidy the room.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסדר-את-החדר-2.m4a” /]תסדרי את החדר לפני שאני אתעצבן!

Clean (tidy, organize) your room before I get upset! (spoken to a girl)

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