The root נפל is all about falling – ליפול means "to fall." It's used in so many different expressions it can be easy to forget where it came from. Guy takes us through the most common usages, taking us from meteors to waterfalls to shooting down planes.

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New Words and Expressions:

Hu nafal – He fell – הוא נפל

Nafalta hazak – You really went down hard – נפלת חזק

Kocha nofel – Falling star – כוכב נופל

Lipol – To fall – ליפול

Nafalti al mis'ada tova – I stumbled upon a good restaurant – נפלתי על מסעדה טובה

Ma hu nafal alai achshav – Why is he coming at me now? – מה הוא נפל עליי עכשיו

Ma nafal aleycha ha-yom – What's the matter with you today? – מה נפל עליך היום

Nafalta al ha-sechel / ha-rosh? – Are you out of your mind? – נפלת על השכל / הראש

"Im yipol ha-kochav sheli" – If my star falls – אם ייפול הכוכב שלי

Eize nefila – What a flop – איזה נפילה

Eich nafalnu im ha-mis'ada ha-zot – We really picked the wrong restaurant – איך נפלנו עם המסעדה הזאת

Nefila chofshit – Free fall – נפילה חופשית

Nofel – The fallen (soldier) – נופל

Hu nafal ba-milchama – He fell in the war – הוא נפל במלחמה

"Kmo hatul ani nofel al ha-raglayim" – Like a cat I land on my feet – כמו חתול אני נופל על הרגליים

Nafal lecha ha-kesef – You dropped your money – נפל לך הכסף

Nafla lach ha-mitriya – You dropped your umbrella – נפלה לך המטרייה

Naflu lachem ha-kartisim – Your tickets fell out – נפלו לכם הכרטיסים

Hu hitnapel al mishehu – He attacked someone – הוא התנפל על מישהו

Eize hitnaplut al ha-ochel – Everyone jumped on the food – איזה התנפלות על האוכל

Lehapil – To knock over, to drop – להפיל

Hi hipila – She had a miscarriage / abortion – היא הפילה

Hapala – Miscarriage / Abortion – הפלה

"Mapil" – Hilarious – מפיל

Ha-matos hupal – The plane was shot down – המטוס הופל

Mapal – Waterfall – מפל

Nefel – Dud – נפל

Playlist and Clips:

Eifo Ha-yeled – Nafalta Hazak (lyrics)

Gidi Gov – Yesh Ey Sham (lyrics)

Tofa'at Dopler – Lipol al Gan Eden (lyrics)

Ben El Tavori – Ole Ole (lyrics)

Ilanit – Im Yipol Ha-kochav Sheli (lyrics)

Yehuda Poliker – Ahava al Tnai (lyrics)

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