"יש לנו פלפלים?"
Translation:Do we have peppers?
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Does "פלפל" for the vegetable pepper also mean the spice pepper, like in English?
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I'm not sure, פלאפל comes from Arabic. It's still possible for them to be etymologically related because the languages are related, but I don't know.
Apparently, (פלאפל (فلافل comes from arabic for pepper. Filfil. (Arabic doesn't have a P)
Yes it does. Falafel is the Arabic plural of filfil . The recipe contains apparently different kinds of pepper: black pepper, red pepper, chili ... etcetera
Is there a reason why the narrator puts the accent on the end of the word פלפלים instead of the beginig? nobody pronounces it like that in Israel.
Should 'Do we have capsicums?' also be a valid answer, or is it referring to the whole family of peppers (capsicum & chili)?
I've been a native English speaker in an English-speaking country for my whole life, and I've never heard anyone use the word "capsicums" in a sentence before. Perhaps biologists use it; but I'm not friends with any biologists. Do you speak English natively?
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Living in "an" English-speaking country isn't the same as knowing the language in all English-speaking countries. For inquiring minds, Dr. Internet can be helpful.
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I hear /pilpelim/. /plipelim/ is not OK, though when I say it to myself quickly it sounds close enough that people might not notice.
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I heard it correctly when I did the exercise, but going back again now I can hear it either way, thanks to the power of suggestion. We could call it an auditory illusion.
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Having heard the Hebrew ten times, I still can't make out "יש לנו" Does anyone else have that difficulty?
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Sometimes, after completing more exercises, we can return and hear it as intended.
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