לברוח – the great escape
Tamasgan (right)
having trouble seeing the print? שָׁלִיחַ Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… Also in Modiin! REGISTER NOW! For those of you who have been to Chabad houses in various parts of the world, or have contacted the Jewish Agency or Nefesh B’Nefesh about making aliyah, the word שָׁלִיחַ – emissary – may ring a bell. In Modern Hebrew,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /]פָּחוֹת The word for more – יותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /] – is among the first 50 words we teach in our program, partly because it appears in the super-useful expression יותר מדי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /] – too much, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /]זה יותר מדי כסף! It’s too much money! The word for less – פחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-צאן-1.m4a” /]רֹעֵה צֹאן Shepherd certainly isn’t core vocabulary, but my experience is that once I learn a word of some interest, I find ways to use it that day or that week. The Hebrew word for shepherd is רועה צאן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-צאן-1.m4a” /] if he’s a male, and רועת צאן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-צאן-2.m4a” /] in the less likely event that she’s…
*** Correction – Yesterday I wrote that מְתֻחְכָּם (me-tookh-KAHM) – sophisticated – is a הופעל (hoof-AHL) verb. That was an error – it’s a פועל (poo-AHL) verb. *** Today’s word… If you can count to ten in Hebrew, you know the word עֶשֶׂר (EH-sehr) – ten. If you’re grammar-savvy in Hebrew, you know עֲשָׂרָה (ah-sah-RAH)…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Space Race . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
New Deadline We’ve made some changes to the course schedules in Jerusalem and Raanana for the upcoming Ulpan La-Inyan session, so we’ve extended the registration deadline to Thursday, February 17. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Check out our ad below: How’s your Hebrew? Our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses begin February 27 in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana. Get discounted…