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מִדַּבֵּק
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This one's a tricky one, I've found.
The way to translate contagious disease into Hebrew is מַחֲלָה מִדַּבֶּקֶת (mah-khah-LAH mee-dah-BEH-ket). The latter word refers to contagious. If you can guess which verb form (בניין -been-YAHN) מִדַּבֵּק and מִדַּבֶּקֶת fall into, let us know!
But whereas in English, we'd normally say, stay away from me, I'm contagious, in Hebrew such a statement borders on slang, invoking the active-intensive פיעל (pee-EL) verb form to say, אֲנִי מְדַבֵּק/אֲנִי מְדַבֶּקֶת (ah-NEE meh-dah-BEK - masculine/ah-NEE meh-dah-BEH-ket - feminine).
Spoken properly, it's אֲנִי מַדְבִּיק/אֲנִי מַדְבִּיקָה (ah-NEE mahd-BEEK/ah-NEE mahd-bee-KAH), using the active-causative הפעיל (heef-EEL) verb form and meaning, literally, I am infecting.
Some examples:
הָיִיתִי חוֹלֶה, אָבָל הַיּוֹם אֲנִי כְּבָר לֹא מַדְבִּיק - I was sick, but today I'm no longer contagious (infecting) - (hah-YEE-tee khoh-LEH, ah-VAHL hah-YOHM ah-NEE keh-VAHR loh mahd-BEEK).
לַחָתָן בַּחֲתוּנָה אֶתְמוֹל הָיָה חִיּוּךְ מִדַּבֵּק - The groom at the wedding last night had a contagious smile - (lah-khah-TAHN bah-khah-too-NAH et-MOHL hah-YAH khee-YOOKH mee-dah-BEK).
שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים לכולם!
Shabbat Shalom, and a pleasant weekend to all!
I've seen his amazing art at Hechal Shlomo and even acquired a piece myself.
The way to translate contagious disease into Hebrew is מַחֲלָה מִדַּבֶּקֶת (mah-khah-LAH mee-dah-BEH-ket). The latter word refers to contagious. If you can guess which verb form (בניין -been-YAHN) מִדַּבֵּק and מִדַּבֶּקֶת fall into, let us know!
But whereas in English, we'd normally say, stay away from me, I'm contagious, in Hebrew such a statement borders on slang, invoking the active-intensive פיעל (pee-EL) verb form to say, אֲנִי מְדַבֵּק/אֲנִי מְדַבֶּקֶת (ah-NEE meh-dah-BEK - masculine/ah-NEE meh-dah-BEH-ket - feminine).
Spoken properly, it's אֲנִי מַדְבִּיק/אֲנִי מַדְבִּיקָה (ah-NEE mahd-BEEK/ah-NEE mahd-bee-KAH), using the active-causative הפעיל (heef-EEL) verb form and meaning, literally, I am infecting.
Some examples:
הָיִיתִי חוֹלֶה, אָבָל הַיּוֹם אֲנִי כְּבָר לֹא מַדְבִּיק - I was sick, but today I'm no longer contagious (infecting) - (hah-YEE-tee khoh-LEH, ah-VAHL hah-YOHM ah-NEE keh-VAHR loh mahd-BEEK).
לַחָתָן בַּחֲתוּנָה אֶתְמוֹל הָיָה חִיּוּךְ מִדַּבֵּק - The groom at the wedding last night had a contagious smile - (lah-khah-TAHN bah-khah-too-NAH et-MOHL hah-YAH khee-YOOKH mee-dah-BEK).
שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים לכולם!
Shabbat Shalom, and a pleasant weekend to all!
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I've seen his amazing art at Hechal Shlomo and even acquired a piece myself.
