Learn five words related to housework
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| Hello, everyone! Welcome to Hebrew Weekly Words. My name is Idit and this time, we’re going to talk about Housework. |
| 1. |
| ניגב |
| (nigev) “wipe” |
| שפכת פה מלא קפה אתה יכול לנגב את זה |
| (shafakhta po male kafe, ata yakhol lenagev et ze) |
| “Look what you did, you spilled this coffee over here. Can you wipe it off?” |
| I don’t know about you guys, but I have like a really big issue that every time I use like the bathroom sink, I have to wipe it off immediately like all the little droplets. Otherwise, something bad will happen I guess, I don’t know. |
| 2. |
| כיבס |
| (kibes) “wash clothes” |
| לכלכתי את החולצה שלי במייק-אפ עכשיו אני צריכה לכבס אותה |
| (likhlakhti et hachultsa sheli bemeykap, akhshav ani tsrikha lekhabes ota) |
| “Oops, I got makeup on my shirt, now I need to wash it.” |
| In English, wash can mean wash clothings or wash anything else, but in Hebrew, there’s a specific word for washing clothes and that’s |
| [לכבס, כיבס] |
| (lekhabes kibes) |
| 3. |
| הוציא |
| (hotzi) “take out” |
| הפח ממש מלא, אתה יכול להוציא את הזבל |
| (hapach mamash male, ata yachol lehotsi et hazevel) |
| “The trash can is so full. Can you take out the trash?” |
| This is something that my boyfriend usually does and I know in a lot of places that’s like the “man’s job”. But I get really cold sometimes in the evenings and, you know, my boyfriend not so much so he can take out the trash. He can do it. |
| להוציא את הזבל |
| (lehotsi et hazevel) |
| 4. |
| ייבש |
| (yibesh) “dry” |
| הסוודר שלי עדיין רטוב, צריך לתת לו להתייבש |
| (hasveder sheli adayin ratuv, tsarikh latet lo lehityabesh) |
| “My sweater is really wet. I still have to let it dry.” |
| “To dry something on your own” is |
| [לייבש] |
| (leyabesh) and when it dries by itself it’s |
| [להתייבש] |
| (lehityabesh) |
| 5. |
| ניקה |
| (nika) “clean” |
| הדירה נראית נורא ואיום, מתי הפעם האחרונה שניקית? |
| (hadira niret nora veayom, matay hapa'am ha'achrona shenikit) |
| “Your apartment looks horrible; When is the last time you’ve cleaned?” |
| Not something very polite to say, but sometimes you can think this and, you know, some people don’t really clean. And |
| [ניקה, לנקות] |
| (nika, lenakot) that’s a very general way of saying just, you know, to clean something, to clean the apartment, to clean the car. |
| So that’s it for this week everybody. Don’t forget to comment down below what’s your favorite or least favorite housework and yeah, don’t forget to check out HebrewPod101.com for more content and more Hebrew words and I’ll see you all next week. Bye! |
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