שיחה מביכה על בני דודים וזיכרון

How do you say “cousin” in Hebrew?

The awkward reunion in this clip turns on בני דודים — “cousins.” Hebrew has no standalone word for cousin; it builds one from the family tree: בן דוד is literally “son of an uncle,” בת דודה “daughter of an aunt.” So when one speaker insists אנחנו בני דודים — “we’re cousins” — and the other flatly denies it, they are arguing, quite literally, about whose uncle is whose.

The pieces are all core vocabulary: בן “son,” בת “daughter,” דוד “uncle,” דודה “aunt” — mix and match for any cousin. The clip also opens with מה קורה — “what’s happening,” Israel’s default “what’s up” — answered, as almost always, with בסדר: “fine,” Hebrew’s all-purpose okay.