כְּאִלּוּ
Meanings
Conjunction
1. as if, as though
2. like, kind of (colloquial)
3. really! (colloquial)
4. meaning/ I mean (colloquial)
Pronunciation
k'ílu
Examples162
אַל תַּעֲשֶׂה כְּאִלּוּ לֹא ידעת.
Don't pretend you don't know.
אַל תַּעֲשִׂי כְּאִלּוּ לֹא ידעת.
Don't pretend you don't know.
זֶה לֹא כְּאִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא קִבַּלְתִּי לזֶה הכשרה.
It's not like I haven't been trained for this.
הוּא מְדַבֵּר כְּאִלּוּ הוּא יוֹדֵעַ אֵת הַכֹּל.
He talks as if he knew everything.
אַל תְּדַבְּרוּ עָלַי כְּאִלּוּ אֵינֶנִּי נוכחת.
Don't talk about me like I'm not here.
הוּא מְדַבֵּר כְּאִלּוּ הוּא כְּבָר קָרָא אֵת הַסֵּפֶר.
He talks like he's already read the book.