how to say “to empty something” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-1.m4a” /]לְרוֹקֵן
If you’ve got basic Hebrew down, you may know the Hebrew word for empty – ריק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-2.m4a” /] for masculine objects and ריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-3.m4a” /] for feminine ones.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-4.m4a” /]למה הכוס שלך ריקה?
Why is your (a male’s) glass empty?
Modern Hebrew takes this Biblical word and plugs it into the active-intensive פיעל verb form, generating the word לרוקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-1.m4a” /] – to empty (put an oh vowel after the first root letter in this template).
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-5.m4a” /]רוקנת את הפח?
Did you (a female) empty the garbage?
