"היא מרכיבה משקפיים."
Translation:She wears glasses.
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So I have come across a couple of different ways to say "wear" could someone list them to me and their differences please?
What is the root of the verb מרכיבה and what are some related words with the same root?
Todah rabah. But it is actually the meaning of the root that I'm mostly interested in. Never mind, I'll look it up in the dictionary... I just did it. All the words somehow carry the idea of putting something together. I wonder if this root has anything to do with the origin of the word "archive" (old documents put together).
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It's actually the verb of putting on, or wearing, glasses.
A root does not always have one single meaning, it varies with the structure it's used in.
To ride is also לרכב
Ah, I see: when you put on glasses, you make them "ride" your nose! Now I won't forget - hirkhiv is the causative of rakhav (lirkhov).
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Yes, it is the causative, vut I'm not sure it's this meaning that fits here.
In other contexts להרכיב mean to put together. A puzzle, for instance. Or a model.
Maybe putting them on its like "putting them together" with your face.
No, τὸ ἀρχεῖον (formed from ἀρχή beginning, origin) meant in Ancient Greek public record, public archive or body of magistrates and only gained its v in Late Latin archī(v)um.
'Eyeglasses' should be an acceptable translation for משקפיים to distinguish it from other kinds of eye wear.
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I believe the eye glasses specifically are:
משקפי ראיה (pronunciation) מִשְׁקְפֵי רְאִיָּה
- משקפיים are just generally glasses (not specific).
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That is from the lack of emphasis in the "h" sound in "היא" (or maybe that sound wasn't recorded), and the way the first word flows into the second, which then makes it hard to recognize the second word. So it is a challenge; we may need to recognize the second word before the first word becomes intelligible. Fortunately the recording allows us to practice repeatedly.
When I try to "hear" it your way, I'm stuck on what comes next, because I can't separate "ma" from "r" (I can't imagine pronouncing "ima rkiva"), and neither "imarkiva mishkafayim" nor "imar kiva mishkafayim" sounds like anything I've learned.
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The latter. it is מַרְכִּיבָה with a plosive after a closed syllable.
hups my bad. But "she is wearing glasses" would have also been correct, yeah?
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Yes. Hebrew doesn't make a difference between Present Simple and Present Progressive, so both "wears" and "is wearing" are correct.
Just a question...if I use לִלבּוֹשׁ for eyeglasses, gloves, hat etc., they will understand me, won't they? That's all I need to know. :-D
Definitely. Many native speakers would even say that themselves when they are not careful.