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to fit into (fill?) the grid

Hebrew translation: להוסיף את המילה המתאימה למשבצת

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English term or phrase:	to fit into the grid
Hebrew translation:	להוסיף את המילה המתאימה למשבצת
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08:08 Feb 4, 2009

English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: to fit into (fill?) the grid

Greetings,

Apologies in advance for a certain vagueness, as this is from a half-remembered Hebrew course at Ulpan Akiva many years ago.

The word used for grid was משבצת. If I remember rightly, the teacher was using grids as analogy for the process of coining new terms in Hebrew, the idea being that each square in the grid represents a space in the language which must be filled by a newly-coined Hebrew word.

I wonder if this metaphor is still used.

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

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להוסיף את המילה מתאימה למשבצת

Explanation:
Don't know about continued use. It could have been that specific teacher's method.

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-02-04 08:13:47 GMT)
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sorry, it should say המתאימה, accidentally dropped the ה

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Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 00:25

Grading comment

many thanks very good indeed
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

להוסיף את המילה מתאימה למשבצת

Lingopro

למלא את החסר

Doron Greenspan MITI

לשבץ

Alex Khanin

מה במשבצת?

Lingopro

Answers

5 mins confidence:

להוסיף את המילה מתאימה למשבצת

Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 00:25
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew

Grading comment

many thanks very good indeed

18 mins confidence:

למלא את החסר

Explanation:
The specific metaphore you mention (with משבצת) probably doesn't exist in this context anymore.
Yet, what you refer to is perfectly covered by the above. I'd even go further and use a linguistic take on this:

למלא את המחסר

Since מחסר is exactly the linguistic term used in Hebrew for a lacuna in the language (I.e. a word for spam (UK English...)).

Doron Greenspan MITI
Israel
Local time: 00:25
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

לשבץ

Explanation:
When coining a new Hebrew word, a three-letter root is filled into an existing grammatical model. This can be called שיבוץ even nowadays, though it is neither a metaphor, nor a term. It's merely a way to describe the process.

Alex Khanin
Germany
Native speaker of:

Russian

12 hrs confidence:

מה במשבצת?

Explanation:
It just occurred to me that there is a "learning" game called
מה במשבצת, and perhaps that is what you are after. The game isn't a word learning game, but could be adapted (I think) to teaching words.
Just another suggestion.

Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 00:25
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew

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