"יש לנו פלפלים?"

Translation: Do we have peppers?

[Tim5602]

Is that also the way to write falafel?

[AlmogL]

Usually פלאפל, to avoid confusion.

[JordanOsr]

Are they related, in terms of their etymology?

[AlmogL]

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.

[Heysoos1]

Apparently, (פלאפל (فلافل comes from arabic for pepper. Filfil. (Arabic doesn't have a P)

[nassib8]

Yes it does. Falafel is the Arabic plural of filfil . The recipe contains apparently different kinds of pepper: black pepper, red pepper, chili ... etcetera

[Sanderssc]

Does "פלפל" for the vegetable pepper also mean the spice pepper, like in English?

[misterram]

Yes !

[Arnonb]

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.

[Anachnu]

He seems to pronounce it 'plipelim' not 'pilpelim'. Is that OK?

[YardenNB]

I hear /pilpelim/. /plipelim/ is not OK, though when I say it to myself quickly it sounds close enough that people might not notice.

[rich739183]

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.

2019-08-28 rich739183

[Mathman2pi]

Should 'Do we have capsicums?' also be a valid answer, or is it referring to the whole family of peppers (capsicum & chili)?

[David392301]

Having heard the Hebrew ten times, I still can't make out "יש לנו" Does anyone else have that difficulty?

[rich739183]

David, perhaps after completing more exercises you'll be able to return and hear it as intended.

2020-08-17 rich739183