how to say “go outside!” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-1.m4a” /]צֵא הַחוּצָה!
The basic Hebrew word for to go out is לצאת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-2.m4a” /]. You may recognize its root, י.צ.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-3.m4a” /], from the Hebrew term for the Exodus: יציאת מצרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-4.m4a” /] (literally, the exit from Egypt).
If you wish to ask someone (or you dog) to kindly leave your home or office, you might say get out! In Hebrew, that’s צא החוצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-1.m4a” /] when speaking to a male, and צאי החוצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-5.m4a” /] when speaking to a female.
החוצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-6.m4a” /] means to the outside, just like הביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-7.m4a” /] means to home: the ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-8.m4a” /] at the beginning and the end of the words give them their specific, directional quality.
So that I’m home is אני בבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-9.m4a” /] (literally, I’m in the house), and I’m outside is אני בחוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-10.m4a” /] (literally, I’m in the outside).