Learn five words related to family
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| Hey, guys! Welcome to Hebrew Weekly Words. My name is Yaara and today, we’re going to talk about Family |
| משפחה |
| (mishpakha) |
| 1. |
| אמא |
| (ima) “mother” |
| לאמא שלי קוראים איילת. |
| (le'ima sheli kor-im Ayelet.) |
| “My mother's name is Ayelet.” |
| I can say |
| [אמא שלי] |
| (ima sheli) “my mother” and this is also how we call mothers |
| אמא |
| (ima) like “mom” or “mommy”. The more formal word is |
| אם |
| (im) but we don’t use it when we speak. |
| 2. |
| אבא |
| (aba) “father” |
| אבא שלי גבוה מאוד. |
| (aba sheli gavoha meod.) |
| “My father is very tall.” |
| The formal word is |
| אב |
| (av) but again when speaking in non-formal language, we say |
| אבא |
| (aba). |
| 3. |
| בת |
| (bat) “daughter” |
| בת |
| (bat) is “daughter” and it’s also “”girl” like when you ask if it’s a boy or a girl, |
| [זה בן או בת?] |
| (ze ben o bat?) |
| הבת שלה בת שלוש. |
| (ha'bat shela bat shalosh.) |
| “Her daughter is three years old.” |
| I just realized it’s a funny word when you speak English, |
| בת |
| (bat) but yeah. |
| 4. |
| בן |
| (ben) “son” or a “boy” |
| הבן שלו ממש דומה לו. |
| (ha'ben shelo mamash dome lo.) |
| “His son looks a lot like him.” |
| 5. |
| סבתא |
| (savta) “grandmother” |
| It’s spelled |
| סבתא |
| (savta) but most of the times, you hear |
| ספתא |
| (safta). This is how children say it at least, |
| ספתא |
| (safta) |
| סבתא שלי גרה בכפר. |
| (savta sheli gara ba'kfar.) |
| “My grandmother leaves in a village.” |
| Okay, thank you so much for watching. We talked about the very Israeli subject of “Family” |
| משפחה |
| (mishpakha). Leave us any comment below and don’t forget to check out the site. See you next time! |
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