Definition of Modern Hebrew Words: Pizza

If you can read Hebrew, you can probably sound out the word פִּיצָה and now exactly what it is. Here is a hint; it is a very popular food in America. PiY-TSaH = Pizza! Modern Hebrew uses a lot of loan words from other languages. Here are a couple of others that you may recognize. See if you can figure them out.

קָפֶה
שׁוֹקוֹלָד
סוּפֶּרְמַרְקֶט
טֶלֶפוֹן
אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה
וִידֵאוֹ
אָבוֹקָדוֹ
בָּנָנָה

Answers posted below

1. Kapheh/Coffee 2. Shoqolat/Chocolate 3. Supermarqet/Supermarket 4. Telephon/Telephone 5. Universiytah/University 6. Viydeyo/Video 7. Avoqado/Avocado 8. Banana/Banana

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