telתֵּל
moundavivאָבִיב
Aviv (name), springme'chilahמְכִילָה
contains (f. sg.)etאֵת
definite direct object markerha'rikuzהַרִּכּוּז
the concentrationha'gadolהַגָּדוֹל
the biggestbe'yoterבְּיוֹתֵר
mostshelשֶׁל
ofbinyanimבִּנְיָנִים
buildingsbe'signonבְּסִגְנוֹן
in a styleha'bauhausהַבָּאוּהָאוּס
the Bauhausba'olamבָּעוֹלָם
in the worlduvdaעוּבְדָּה
factshe'maftiaשֶׁמַּפְתִּיעָה
that surprises (f. sg.)anashimאֲנָשִׁים
peopleshe'magia'imשֶׁמַּגִּיעִים
who arrive (m. pl.)la'irלָעִיר
to the cityu'metzapimוּמְצַפִּים
and expect (m. pl.)le'mashehuלְמַשֶּׁהוּ
for somethingacherאַחֵר
otherle'gamreiלְגַמְרֵי
completelyTel Aviv contains the largest concentration of Bauhaus-style buildings in the world, a fact that surprises people who come to the city and expect something completely different.
ha'signonהַסִּגְנוֹן
the stylehigiaהִגִּיעַ
arrived (m. sg.)la'eretzלָאָרֶץ
to the landbe'shnotבְּשְׁנוֹת
in the years ofha'shloshimהַשְּׁלוֹשִׁים
the thirtieske'she'adrikhalimכְּשֶׁאַדְרִיכָלִים
when architectsyehudimיְהוּדִים
Jewsshe'lamduשֶׁלָּמְדוּ
who studied (m. pl.)be'germanyaבְּגֶרְמַנְיָה
in Germanyhevi'uהֵבִיאוּ
brought (m. pl.)itamאִיתָם
with themetאֵת
definite direct object markerikaronotעִקָּרוֹנוֹת
principlesha'bayitהַבַּיִת
the househa'bniyaהַבְּנִיָּה
the constructionha'germaniהַגֶּרְמָנִי
the Germanshe'lamadשֶׁלָּמַד
that learned (m. sg.)leshameshלְשַׁמֵּשׁ
to serveke'makomכְּמָקוֹם
as a placemegurimמְגוּרִים
dwellingenoshiאֱנוֹשִׁי
humanve'loוְלֹא
and notke'hatzharaכְּהַצְהָרָה
as a statementestetitאֶסְתֵּטִית
aesthetic (f. sg.)The style arrived in the country in the 1930s, when Jewish architects who studied in Germany brought with them the principles of German house construction, which was meant to serve as a human dwelling and not as an aesthetic statement.
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