how to say “dishes” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-1.m4a” /]כֵּלִים
The Hebrew word for dishes is כלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-1.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-2.m4a” /]אני לא שומע אותך, אני שוטף כלים.
I (a male) can’t hear you (a female), I’m washing (the) dishes.
But כלים means dishes only in the plural. In the singular, כלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-3.m4a” /] means vessel or tool, and is often used in conjunction with another word. For example, כלִי זמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-4.m4a” /] is a musical instrument, with כלֵי זמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-5.m4a” /] being musical instruments.
כלים can also refer to baggage, and in Mishnaic Hebrew, to clothing.
When referring to individual dishes, use:
צלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-6.m4a” /] – plate
סכין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-7.m4a” /] – knife
מזלג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-8.m4a” /] – fork
כף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-9.m4a” /] – tablespoon
כפית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-10.m4a” /] – teaspoon