Lesson 20 — Emotions in Hebrew

Expressing feelings — happy, sad, tired, scared and more

Emotional vocabulary makes your Hebrew come alive. In Hebrew, emotional adjectives agree in gender with the person feeling the emotion — just like all adjectives. Use אֲנִי + adjective to say how you feel.

Emotions — Masculine and Feminine Forms
MasculineFeminineTransliteration (m/f)EnglishExample (m)
שָׂמֵחַשְׂמֵחָהsameach / smeechahappyאֲנִי שָׂמֵחַ — I'm happy
עָצוּבעֲצוּבָהatsov / atsuvasadהוּא עָצוּב — He's sad
כּוֹעֵסכּוֹעֶסֶתko'es / ko'esetangryהִיא כּוֹעֶסֶת — She's angry
מְפֻחָדמְפֻחֶדֶתmefuchad / mefuchedetscared / afraidאֲנִי מְפֻחָד — I'm scared (m)
מוּפְתָּעמוּפְתַּעַתmuftah / mufta'atsurprisedהוּא מוּפְתָּע — He's surprised
עָיֵףעֲיֵפָהayef / ayefatiredאֲנִי עָיֵף — I'm tired (m)
רָעֵברְעֵבָהra'ev / re'evahungryאַת רְעֵבָה? — Are you hungry? (f)
שָׂבֵעַשְׂבֵעָהsave'a / seva'afull / satisfiedאֲנִי שָׂבֵעַ — I'm full (m)
מְבֻלְבָּלמְבֻלְבֶּלֶתmevulbal / mevubelletconfusedאֲנִי מְבֻלְבָּל — I'm confused (m)
לָחוּץלְחוּצָהlachuts / lachutsastressedהִיא לְחוּצָה — She's stressed
בּוֹדֵדבּוֹדֶדֶתboded / bodedetlonelyהוּא בּוֹדֵד — He's lonely
גָּאֶהגֵּאָהga'e / ge'aproudאֲנִי גָּאֶה בְּךָ — I'm proud of you (m)
מְאֻהָבמְאֻהֶבֶתme'uhav / me'uhevetin loveהוּא מְאֻהָב — He's in love
נִרְגָּשׁנִרְגֶּשֶׁתnirgash / nirgeshetexcited / movedאֲנִי נִרְגָּשׁ — I'm excited (m)
רָגוּעַרְגוּעָהragu'a / regu'acalmהִיא רְגוּעָה — She's calm
קַנְאָןקַנְאָנִיתkan'an / kan'anitjealousColloquial form
מְבֻיָּשׁמְבֻיֶּשֶׁתmevuyash / mevuyeshetembarrassedאֲנִי מְבֻיָּשׁ — I'm embarrassed (m)
Verb: to feelלְהַרְגִּישׁ (lehargish)
אֲנִי מַרְגִּישׁ טוֹב — I feel good (m)
אֲנִי מַרְגִּישָׁה רַע — I feel bad (f)