having trouble seeing the print? מַסְפִּיק, דַּי brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online There are two words in Hebrew that mean enough. First word by Eran Finkle taken in Bet Yehoshua, Israel מַסְפִּיק (mahs-PEEK) comes from the root ס.פ.ק (s.p.k) meaning sufficiency. מספיק is an adjective and adverb deriving from the active-causative הפעיל…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מראה-1.m4a” /]מַרְאָה, רְאִי Non-human and non-animal things in English have no grammatical gender. You wouldn’t say “she’s a nice shirt” or “he’s a big house.” Most other Western and Middle-Eastern languages do have such gender assignments, and Hebrew is no exception. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מראה-2.m4a” /]היא חולצה יפה. It’s a nice shirt. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מראה-3.m4a”…
Take the YDDH Challenge! January – June 2015 July – December 2015 [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-1.m4a” /]שְׁלִיחוּת The simple Hebrew verb לשלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-2.m4a” /] means to send, and שליחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-1.m4a” /] means errand or mission. This mission could be one with a clear dispatcher and emissary, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-3.m4a” /]אנחנו בארצות הברית השנה בשליחות מטעם הסוכנות היהודית. We are in the United…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן 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 Game Test חַג פּוּרִים שָׂמֵחַ… וְשַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם! Happy Purim… and Shabbat Shalom!
שִׁיר We need your input! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Learn Hebrew online תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב – the ninth of (the month of) Av (teesh-AH beh-AHV) – is now. It commemorates destruction, but also, in a piece I was just emailed, it implies…