how to say “can I have a sip?” in Hebrew

  [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרסומות-1.m4a” /]פִּרְסוֹמוֹת Hebrew has two words that refer to an advertisement or an ad: מודעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרסומות-2.m4a” /] and פרסומת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרסומות-3.m4a” /]. מודעה can mean any kind of ad. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרסומות-4.m4a” /]ראיתי מודעה שאתם מחפשים מורים. I saw an ad that you’re looking for teachers. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרסומות-5.m4a” /]יש יותר מדי מודעות אבל בעיתון הזה. There are…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-1.m4a” /]צֶדֶק חֶבְרָתִי If company or society is חברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-2.m4a” /], then social is חברתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-3.m4a” /] in the masculine and חברתית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-4.m4a” /] in the feminine. For example, a social network is רשת חברתית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-5.m4a” /]. Likewise, social justice is צדק חברתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-1.m4a” /], which itself was part of the slogan of המחאה החברתית[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מְצֹרָף This post isn’t going to talk about attachment in the emotional sense – that’s התקשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] or התחברות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /], among other touchy feely options. Rather, we’re here to talk about something attached – מצורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] – to something like an email. It appears in an abbreviation: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מצ”ב פירושו “מצורף בזאת.” Matz”av means…

גּוֹרָלִי The Hebrew word for fate or destiny is גורל. Thus גורלי means fateful when referring to something grammatically masculine, while גורלית refers to something feminine. For example: לעלות לארץ הייתה החלטה גורלית עם השפעות דרמטיות על חיי. To immigrate to Israel was a fateful decision with dramatic effect(s) on my life. I’ll tell you about them…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-1.m4a” /]נַעֲלֵי רִיצָה, נַעֲלֵי סְפּוֹרְט If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for shoes – נעליים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-2.m4a” /]. But there are different types of shoes, such as נעלי ריקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-3.m4a” /] – dancing shoes, נעלי ריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-4.m4a” /] – running shoes and נעלי טניס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-5.m4a” /] – tennis shoes. Israelis are likely to call any…