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Yaara: Hi everyone, welcome to Hebrew weekly words. My name is Yaara and this week’s theme is… Flavors. Ok let’s learn some Hebrew.
1.
טעם
(ta'am) "flavor"
So this word (ta'am) is “flavor”, as in what ice cream flavor do you like? But we also use it to say “there’s no point”, [אין טעם].
Also “taste” like in “good taste”.
“He has good taste."
יש לו טעם טוב.
(yesh lo ta'am tov.)
It’s funny because it sounds like “he’s delicious.”
2.
חריף
(kharif) "spicy"
There’s usually a kind of spice that we just call it (kharif), "spicy”. I don't even know what it's made of, and maybe refers to different kind of spicy, spices, but that's how you call it. When you go to a falafel stand you can tell the vendor:
שים לי הרבה חריף!
(sim li harbe kharif!)
"put a lot of spicy (in my falafel)!"
And one you really want to memorize is
בלי חריף, בבקשה.
(bli kharif, bevakasha.)
“No spicy, please.”
3.
מלוח
(maluakh) "salty"
which comes from the word מלח (melakh) “salt”. So the Dead Sea is called in Hebrew the “salt sea”, because it's salty.
האורז הזה מלוח מדי.
(ha'orez haze maluakh midai.)
“This rice is too salty."
4.
חמוץ
(khamutz) "sour"
I like it because it goes well with the face that you make when you eat something sour, so it's like (khamutz).
לימון הוא חמוץ.
(limon hu khamutz.) “Lemon is sour."
5.
מתוק
(matok) "sweet"
Maybe my favorite Israeli sweet is Sufganiyah, it’s the Hanukkah donut. It’s not a donut, they don't want to call it that, I think it's offensive to Sufganiyah, because it's so much better than that.
אני אוהבת את הקפה שלי מתוק.
(ani ohevet et ha'kafe sheli matok.)
”I like my coffee sweet."
This is the end of the video. We talked about flavors today, what is your favorite flavor? Tell us in the comments. Don’t forget to check out the site, I’ll see you next week. Bye!

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