חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
For the first day of חֲנֻכָּה (khah-noo-KAH) – Hanukkah, I thought I’d inaugurate one of the themes of the holiday: devotion to a cause. The Maccabees were devoted – מְסוּרִים (me-soo-REEM) – to the cause of defending the right of Jews to practice their religion. Thanks to their מְסִירוּת (me-see-ROOT) – devotion– the Jewish people…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a” /]הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָם, סוּס הַיְּאוֹר The English word hippopotamus comes from Greek, as does the more common Hebrew term for the animal – היפופוטם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a” /]. The Greek word means river horse, which gives rise to the term that is authentically Hebrew: סוס היאור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a” /] – literally, horse of the Nile. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְלַבֵּשׁ Earlier this week we saw that לקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-2.m4a” /] – to accept – becomes להתקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-3.m4a” /] – to get accepted or to be accepted, in a reflexive form. The same happens with the word ללבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-4.m4a” /] – to wear, which becomes להתלבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-1.m4a” /] – to get dressed. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-5.m4a” /]את עדיין מתלבשת?…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /]מַעֲרֶכֶת יְחָסִים, קֶשֶׁר A technical translation of relationship to Hebrew is מערכת יחסים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /] – a system of relations. Though people do use this expression occasionally in day-to-day conversation, you’re more likely to read it in a printed text. Take this article title for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /]עשרים טיפים מעולים שיועילו לכל מערכת…