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Sep 12, 2010

how to say "to announce" in Hebrew...

להכריז

In Level 1 of Ulpan La-Inyan, students take on the roles of the couple, Nava and Oren. Nava is all dressed and ready to go to a party, when she walks into the living room to find Oren sitting and reading a newspaper קוֹרֵא עִתּוֹן (koh-REH ee-TOHN). לִקְרוֹא (leek-ROH) means both to read and to call out to someone.

A word not studied in Level 1, but nonetheless a synonym of לקרוא, is לְהַכְרִיז (le-hahkh-REEZ) - which means to announce.