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how to say “done deal!” in Hebrew
סָגוּר! listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? סָגוּר listen and repeat means literally closed, but it is also used informally to mean decided and confirmed, as in: אָז נִפָּגֵשׁ בִּשְׂדֵה הַתְּעוּפָה. סָגוּר! So we’ll meet at the airport. Done deal! listen As does its English equivalent, !סגור comes from the business expression…
how to say “pouring rain” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גשם-שוטף-#.m4a” /]גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף If you live in Israel or בחוף המערבי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גשם-שוטף-#.m4a” /] – on the west coast of the United States, you may be wondering why I’m talking about rain in the middle of the summer. But if you’ve been בחוף המזרחי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גשם-שוטף-#.m4a” /] – on the east coast of the US, you know…
how to say “in my humble opinion” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לעניות-דעתי-#.m4a” /]לַעֲנִיּוּת דַּעְתִּי Once upon a time, people would say in my humble opinion and actually mean it. In Hebrew, לעניות דעתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לעניות-דעתי-#.m4a” /] – literally to the poverty of my knowledge – also once expressed genuine humility. But today both terms are usually used somewhat facetiously, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לעניות-דעתי-#.m4a” /]לעניות דעתי, זה מלון…
how to say “chain” or “necklace” in Hebrew
שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for chain (Biblical as well as Modern) is שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת listen and repeat. Say it out loud a few times. As a chain is a string of connected loops (לוּלָאוֹת listen and repeat), the word שרשרת itself conveys a sense of pieces being connected to one another – with…
how to say “over the top” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /]מֻגְזָם The Hebrew word for to exaggerate is להגזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb. It also means to go over the top with something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /]הגזמתם עם העוגה הזאת! You guys have gone over the top with this cake! (see full conversation) Something that is over the top is מוגזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /],…
how to say “temple” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /]מִקְדָּשׁ The Holy Temple in Jerusalem was called בית המקדש[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /] – the House of the Temple. But how do we refer to temples of other religions? מקדשים[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /] – or when referring to a single temple, מקדש[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /]הם ביקרו במעל מאה…