How to Dress in Hebrew

This is a translation of an article on Ba Ba-Mail.

Hebrew has separate words meaning "to put on, to wear" (generally לָשִׂים lasim) and "to put off" לְהוֹרִיד lehorid) for each item of clothing. It's easy to forget whether you need to לְהוֹרִיד lehorid or לִפְשֹׁט ~ לפשוט lifshot a shirt, לִלְבֹּשׁ ~ ללבוש lilbosh or לַעֲטוֹת la'atot your gloves, לַחְבֹּשׁ ~ לחבוש lachbosh or לְהַרְכִּיב leharkiv your sunglasses.

Below is a small cheat sheet that will help you learn and remember those verbs.