How do you say "grandpa" and "grandma" in Hebrew correctly?

Question

How do you say "grandpa" and "grandma" in Hebrew correctly?

Answer 1

Just to clarify the difference between "savta" and "safta".

"Savta" is the "correct" form for "grandmother".

"Safta" is the informal pronunciation when meaning "grandma".

Answer 2

Grandpa: סבא - saba

GRandma: סבתא - savta

Answer 3

SAba סבא and SAvta סבתא are the words used in common and colloquial modern hebrew; actually, these are aramaic forms (you may be interested, there are a lot of aramaic words in hebrew). the hebrew words, much less used in colloquial modern hebrew but more in literature, are

sav סב

saVAH סבה

סבי my grandpa

סבתי my grandma

etc.

Answer 4

the translation for

granfather is סבא (saba)

for

grandmother is סבתא(savta)

the use of grandpa and granma as is used in the english language to indicate affection does not exist in hebrew.

Answer 5

Saba and savta, and this question belongs in the language category...you're much more likely to get translation and language questions accurately answered there.

Answer 6

grandpa is saba

grandma is safta

Answer 7

grandpa:   sa-ba  ÃƒÂ—¡×‘א

grandma: sav-ta    ÃƒÂ—¡×‘תא

Answer 8

well you got your answer!

sabba grandfather

savta grandmother

ben-dod is cousin

dod is uncle

ima is mom

abba is dad

ach is brother

achot are sisters

Answer 9

Grandpa is said Sa-ba

Grandma is said Sav-ta