how do you say “sick day” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-1.m4a” /]יוֹם מַחֲלָה
Over the past week everyone in my office got sick, each for different reasons. Surprising, since it’s August.
Someone sick or ill is חולֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-2.m4a” /] if he’s a male and חולָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-3.m4a” /] if she’s a female. Going with the same ח.ל.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-7.m4a” /] root, sickness or illness is מחלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-4.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-5.m4a” /]סרטן היא מחלה איומה.
Cancer is a horrible disease.
And a sick day? That’s יום מחלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-1.m4a” /] – a day of illness.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-6.m4a” /]נגמרו לי ימי החופשה, אז לקחתי יום מחלה.
I ran out of vacation days, so I took a sick day.