how to say “simple” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשוט-1.m4a” /]פָּשׁוּט
In English, calling someone simple usually implies that the person has inferior intelligence. But in an age of increasing complexity and nostalgia for the simple life on a kibbutz, when Israelis call someone simple – פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשוט-1.m4a” /] – it’s a compliment.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשוט-2.m4a” /]היא אדם פשוט.
She is a simple person.
Note that even though we’re talking about a female, we’re using the unisex word אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשוט-3.m4a” /] – human being – so we use פשוט and not פשוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשוט-4.m4a” /].
