10 must-know math words
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| Hello, everybody! Idit here. Welcome to Hebrew Top Words. Today, we’re going to talk about 10 must know math words. Let’s begin! |
| 1. |
| מתמטיקה |
| (matematika) |
| “math” |
| המקצוע האהוב עליי בבית הספר הוא מתמטיקה. |
| (Ha'mik'tzoa ha'ahuv alai be'vet ha'sefer hu matematika.) |
| "My favorite subject at school is Math." |
| No way. |
| 2. |
| מספר |
| (mis'par) |
| "number" |
| המספרים אחת-עשרה ושבע-עשרה, שניהם מספרים ראשוניים. |
| (Ha'misparim a'khat-es're u'shva-es're, shne'hem misparim rishonyim.) |
| "The numbers 11 and 17 are both prime numbers." |
| 3. |
| חצי |
| (khetzi) |
| "half" |
| לפי המתכון, צריך לשים כפית וחצי סוכר. |
| (Lefi ha'matkon, tzarikh lasim kapit va'khetzi sukar.) |
| "The recipe called for one and a half teaspoons of sugar." |
| Recipe for what, tea? |
| 4. |
| אחוז |
| (a'khuz) |
| "percent" |
| חמישים אחוזים משתים-עשרה הם שש. |
| (Hamishim aħuzim mi-shtem-esre hem shesh.) |
| "Fifty percent of twelve is six." |
| Even I can do that. |
| 5. |
| זוגי |
| (zugi) |
| "even" |
| המספר שמונה הוא דוגמה למספר זוגי. |
| (Ha'mispar shmo'ne hu dugma le'mispar zugi.) |
| "The number 8 is an example of an even number." |
| 6. |
| אי-זוגי |
| (ee-zugi) |
| "odd" |
| המספר אחת-עשרה הוא דוגמה למספר אי-זוגי. |
| (Ha'mispar akhat-es're hu dugma le'mispar ee-zugi.) |
| "The number 11 is an example of an odd number." |
| 7. |
| לחשב |
| (le'kha'shev) |
| "to calculate" |
| אתה יכול לחשב את העלות של המצרכים? |
| (Ata yakhol le'khashev et ha'alut shel ha'mitz'ra'khim?) |
| "Can you calculate the cost of the groceries?" |
| So don’t confuse |
| לחשב |
| (le'kha'shev), which is “calculate” and |
| לחשוב |
| (lakhshov), which is “to think”. Obviously, there is a link between the two and also the word for computer |
| מחשב |
| (mach'shev). |
| All of those words have the same root, but they have slightly different meanings. |
| 8. |
| חיבור |
| (khibur) |
| "plus" |
| חיבור היא פעולת החשבון הפשוטה ביותר |
| (Chibur hi peulat hacheshbon hapshuta beyoter) |
| "Plus is the simplest calculus action." |
| None of them are simple to me. So literally, the word |
| חיבור |
| (khibur) |
| means not plus, but “addition”. |
| 9. |
| חיסור |
| (khisur) |
| "minus" |
| כמה נקבל אם נחסר 5 מ10? |
| (kama nekabel im nechaser 5 me10) |
| "How much would we get from 10 minus 5?" |
| Again, the word |
| חיסור |
| (khisur) |
| doesn’t literally mean minus, but it means “subtraction”. |
| 10. |
| כפל |
| (kefel) |
| "times" |
| בפיזיקה, זמן כפול מהירות שווה לדרך |
| (Befizika, zman kaful mehirut shave laderekh) |
| "In physics, time times speed equals distance." |
| Again, the word |
| כפל |
| (kefel) |
| doesn’t mean times. It means “multiplication”. Again, it’s the name of the calculus section and not like how you would say it in a sentence. |
| Okay, everybody, that’s it. Thank you for joining me today for Hebrew Top Words. Today, we’ve talked about 10 must know math words. Please let me know, do you like math, do you hate math, are you good at it, are you bad at it? If you have like a funny story about something that happened to you in Math class in high school, that will be fun. I did a lot of screwing up in Math when I was in high school, so let me know and I’ll see you all next time. Goodbye! |
| שלום (Shalom). |
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