"בחוץ רטוב."

Translation: Outside it is wet.

[JudithMett2]

'It is wet outside' should also be accepted as one would say it that way in English

[Larry824711]

I wrote it just like that, and DL accepted it.

[Joshua653253]

Isn't that also a more accurate translation because of the ב, or can בחוץ just be used generally to mean outside?

[YardenNB]

Not sure what "outside" generally means. Usually it's an adverb, and the Hebrew is בחוץ. The usage as a subject noun here is strange to me, and apparently also to native English speakers. Then there is "on the outside", which in Hebrew is (usually?) מבחוץ. Other uses?

[DanielElfe1]

Is it pronounce ratov or ratoov?

[radagastthebrown]

Either is acceptable, ratoov is more common nowadays, ratov is the original pronunciation.

[AnCatDubh]

If you want to sound jarringly pedantic, use the former.

[DanielKroc2]

רטוב is typically pronounced "ratoov" not "ratohv"

[Dedee395090]

Why it is pronounced" ratov? Instead ratouv?????

[danny912421]

Actually, both pronunciations are correct, "ratuv" being more common.

[YardenNB]

At least in everyday speaking, everybody say /ratuv/. /ratov/ is very formal.

[danny912421]

I meant to write "ratuv". Thanks for catching that.

[DaveSmith456703]

Yoda would say it that way, does yoda = יודה. Seems like a very Hebrew character.

[Joshua653253]

I'm 98.7% certain there is a connection there.

[jayantshaq]

I learned many many years ago, as trivia, that "Yoda" was coined combining the Hebrew for "one who knows"and the Sanskrit for "warrior" (the latter of which is "yoddha").

[Albur_Godwin]

Thanks for the information; I have just checked, and it turns out that George Lucas dabbles as a Sanskrit enthusiast! (My source is in French, but hey, you get the words. ;))

George Lucas, passionné de sanskrit, a repris un terme de cette langue pour nommer le personnage, comme c'est le cas pour beaucoup d'autres (Vador, Leia…). Yoddha, en sanskrit, signifie « guerrier », et Yodea, en hébreu, signifie « celui qui sait ». En grec ancien, οἶδα (oïda) signifie également « je sais ».

So, there is also a connection with Ancient Greek.

[DianeKohn]

I would also say "It is wet outside".