Learn the top 25 adjectives
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| טוב |
| (tov) |
| “good” |
| .הגלידה הזאת ממש טובה |
| (ha-glida ha-zot mamash tova.) |
| “This ice cream is really good.” |
| נהדר |
| (nehedar) |
| “wonderful” |
| For the word “wonderful” we have another word in Hebrew which is maybe more similar to the word in English because it has the word “wonder” in it; and this is… |
| נפלא |
| (nifla) |
| So נפלא (nifla) and נהדר (nehedar) - they have very similar meaning. |
| You can use each of them for the word “wonderful”. |
| .הקונצרט היה נהדר |
| (ha-kon'tzert haya nehedar.) or |
| .הקונצרט היה נפלא |
| (ha-kon'tzert haya nifla.) |
| which means “The concert was wonderful.” |
| רע |
| (ra) |
| “bad” |
| !הפלאפל הזה לא רע בכלל |
| (ha-falafel ha-ze lo ra bikh'lal!) |
| “This falafel is not bad at all.” |
| No falafel is bad! |
| צעיר |
| (tsa'ir) |
| “young” |
| .עכשיו אני בת שלושים, אבל פעם הייתי צעירה |
| (akh'shav ani bat shloshim, aval pa'am hayiti tze'ira.) |
| “Now I am 30 years old, but once I was young.” |
| חדש |
| (ħadash) |
| “new” |
| .יש לי תספורת חדשה |
| (yesh li tisporet ħadasha.) |
| “I got a new haircut.” |
| ישן |
| (yashan) |
| “old” |
| You can’t say it about old people, it’s only about old objects, like an old car or an old book. |
| אני אוהבת ריח של ספרים ישנים. |
| (ani ohevet reaħ shel sfarim yeshanim.) |
| “I love the smell of old books.” |
| ארוך |
| (arokh) |
| “long” |
| "אווטאר" היה ארוך מדי. |
| (avatar haya arokh midai.) |
| “Avatar was too long.” |
| ראשון |
| (rishon) |
| “first” |
| Fun fact: in Hebrew, you don’t have names for the days of the week, you just call them “first day”, “second day”, “third day”... The first day, Sunday, is called |
| יום ראשון |
| (yom rishon) |
| הוא הגיע למקום הראשון בתחרות. |
| (hu higia la-makom ha-rishon ba-taħarut.) |
| “He came in first in the competition.” |
| אחרון |
| (aħaron) |
| “last” |
| בסוף השבוע האחרון נסעתי לירושלים. |
| (be-sof ha-shavua ha-aħaron nasati le-yerushalaim.) |
| “Last weekend, I went to Jerusalem.” |
| מוקדם |
| (mukdam) |
| “early” |
| אני שונאת להתעורר מוקדם. |
| (ani sonet le'hit'orer mukdam.) |
| “I hate waking up early.” |
| מאוחר |
| (me’uħar) |
| “late” |
| הוא הגיע מאוחר מדי. |
| (hu higia me'uħar midai.) |
| “He arrived too late.” |
| קצר |
| (katzar) |
| “short” |
| הייתם פעם בפסטיבל הסרטים הקצרים של תל אביב? |
| (hayitem pa'am be-festival ha-sratim ha-ktzarim shel tel aviv?) |
| “Have you ever been to Tel Aviv's short film festival?” |
| רחוק |
| (raħok) |
| “far” |
| הבית שלי רחוק מתחנת הרכבת |
| (ha-bait sheli raħok mi-taħanat ha-rakevet.) |
| “My house is far from the train station.” |
| מעט |
| (me'at) |
| “few”, or “little”, if you talk about quantity. |
| מעט מאוד אנשים הגיעו למסיבה. |
| (me'at me'od anashim higi'u la-mesiba.) |
| “Very few people came to the party.” That’s a really sad sentence. |
| הרבה |
| (harbe) |
| “many” or “a lot”. |
| בקיץ יש הרבה אנשים בחופים של תל אביב. |
| (ba-kaitz yesh harbe anashim ba-ħofim shel tel aviv.) |
| “In the summer, there are many people at the beaches of Tel Aviv.” |
| חשוב |
| (ħashuv) |
| “important” |
| האירוע הזה חשוב לי מאוד. |
| (ha-erua ha-ze ħashuv li me'od.) |
| “This event is very important to me.” |
| יפה |
| (ya’fe) |
| “beautiful” |
| באביב, הגליל ממש יפה. |
| (ba-aviv, ha-galil mamash ya’fe.) |
| “In spring time, the Galilee is really beautiful.” |
| קטן |
| (katan) |
| “small” |
| העיר הזאת קטנה מדי בשביל שנינו. |
| (ha-ir ha-zot ktana midai bishvil shnenu.) |
| “This town is too small for the two of us.” Beware. |
| גדול |
| (gadol) |
| “big” |
| This town is big… |
| וואו, הבניין הזה ממש גדול! |
| (wau, ha-binyan ha-ze mamash gadol!) |
| “Wow, this building is really big!” |
| מהר |
| (maher) |
| “fast” |
| היא נוהגת ממש מהר. |
| (hi noheget mamash maher.) |
| “She drives really fast.” |
| לאט |
| (le'at) |
| “slow”, or “slowly”. |
| השיעור הזה עובר ממש לאט. |
| (ha-shi'ur ha-ze over mamash le'at.) |
| “This class is going by really slow.” |
| שונה |
| (sho’ne) |
| “different” |
| השיעור הזה שונה מאוד מהשיעור הקודם. |
| (ha-shi'ur ha-ze sho’ne me'od me-ha-shi'ur ha-kodem.) |
| “This class is very different from the last class.” |
| דומה |
| (do’me) |
| “similar” |
| החדר הזה דומה מאוד לחדר ההוא. |
| (ha-ħeder ha-ze do’me me'od la-ħeder ha-hu.) |
| “This room is very similar to that room. |
| מנומס |
| (menumas) |
| “polite” |
| הילד הקטן הזה מנומס מאוד. |
| (ha-yeled ha-katan ha-ze menumas me'od.) |
| “This small child is very polite.” |
| נחמד |
| (neħmad) |
| “nice” |
| You can say it about places, and about people as well, and about experiences. |
| “It was nice.” |
| זה היה נחמד. |
| (ze haya neħmad.) |
| איך היה הטיול? |
| (ekh haya ha-tiyul?) |
| היה נחמד מאוד. |
| (haya neħmad me'od.) |
| “How was the trip? It was very nice.” |
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