Last Updated on November 25, 2021

Some confusing Hebrew words – noodles, umbrellas & mushrooms

You’re at the shuk, looking for mushrooms but can’t find any.  You ask the vendor for ‘Itriyot’. He smiles and immediately understands that you are an olah hadasha. You’ve just asked him for noodles instead of mushrooms. Ooops!

He says:

Hebrew: “Mammi, ut rotzah pitriyot?”

English: “Sweetie, do you want mushrooms?”

Let’s face it, Hebrew is confusing and it is almost impossible to avoid making mistakes, but take up the challenge and learn these three new words that are often confused.

	English	Transliteration  Plural	Transliteration Singular	Hebrew
	Noodles	Itriyot	Itriya	אטריה
	Mushrooms	Pitriyot	Pitriya	פטריה
	Umbrellas	Mitriyot	Mitriya	מטריה

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