how to say “shopping center” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-1.m4a” /]שְׁחִיתוּת The Hebrew word for corruption is שחיתות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-1.m4a” /], of the root ש.ח.ת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-2.m4a” /]. This root is very similar to ש.ח.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-3.m4a” /], which means slaughter. The connection between the two ideas isn’t too difficult to imagine. Here’s שחיתות in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-4.m4a” /]מדינת ישראל מנסה להתנקות משחיתות. The State of…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגרי-1.m4a” /]דּוּגְרִי Here’s another word that arrived in Hebrew via a foreign language: the slang word דוגרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגרי-1.m4a” /], straight up or direct. It originated in Turkish (doğru meaning right or correct), traveled south and came to Hebrew via the local Arabic word دُغْرِيّ (dughri) meaning straight (this I learned in a cab with an Arab driver). Imagine you’re an…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משתרע-#.m4a” /]מִשְׂתָּרֵעַ In English, we talk about a sprawling metropolis – a really big city area. In Hebrew, we use the verb להשתרע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משתרע-#.m4a” /] – to span or to sprawl, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משתרע-#.m4a” /]נתב”ג טרמינל שלוש משתרע על פני אלף שלוש מאות מטר רבוע. Ben Gurion Airport Terminal 3 spans thirteen hundred square meters. The…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-1.m4a” /]חַם מֵהָרָגִיל The Hebrew word for regular is רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-2.m4a” /] (despite the similarity between the words regular and רגיל, there doesn’t seem to be a connection). And something regular is also typical or usual. Thus hotter than usual is חם מהרגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-3.m4a” /]מחר מזג האוויר יהיה חם מהרגיל לעונה….