how to say “endangered species” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-1.m4a” /]מִינִים בְּסַכָּנַת הַכְחָדָה

Yesterday we saw the scientific word for species – מין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-2.m4a” /].

What about a species that is endangered? That’s מין בסכנת הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-3.m4a” /], literally, species in danger of extinction.

Broken down:

בסכנת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-4.m4a” /] – in danger of

הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-5.m4a” /] – extinction

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-6.m4a” /]היא סיימה את הדוקטורט ותתחיל לעבוד בקרוב עם מינים בסכנת הכחדה.

She finished her (the) doctorate and will soon start working with endangered species.

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