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how to say “insurance” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /]בִּטּוּחַ If you live in Israel, you’re bound to have encountered ביטוח לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /] – National Insurance (full name is המוסד לביטוח לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /] – the National Insurance Institute), the government agency that provides free health care and lots of other social services. ביטוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /] means insurance. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /]בישראל…
how to say “business strategy” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]אַסְטְרָטֶגְיָה עִסְקִית Yesterday we saw the word for strategy in Hebrew – אסטרטגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]. Since a business is עסק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /], a business strategy is אסטרטגיה עסקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]מה האסטרטגיה העסקית שלכם? What’s your business strategy? To create the adjective עסקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /], we simply add a י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /] to…
how to say “not to THAT extent…” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לֹא עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! “It’s cold outside. I think it’ll snow.” “It’s not that cold…” In Hebrew, the latter expression would be: לֹא עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ קָר… listen The former expression, where the speaker is a male, would be: …
how to say “gender” in Hebrew
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how to say “bathtub” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /]אַמְבַּטְיָה While the Hebrew word for a shower is מקלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] and for a sink is כיור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] – proper Semitic words – bathtub is אמבטיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /], which comes from ancient Greek. To take a bath is לעשות אמבטיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] – literally, to do a bathtub. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /]עשית אבמטיה? טוב, לך לישון….
how to say “vegetarian” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /]צִמְחוֹנִי חג הסוכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /] – the Sukkot holiday – is a time when Jews connect to nature. The word for plant or that which grows from the ground is צמח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /], while vegetation is צמחייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /]. What about someone who eats mainly vegetables? That’s צמחוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /] if he’s male, or צמחונית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /] if…