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how to say “bedroom” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-שינה-1.m4a” /]חֲדַר שֵׁנָה The Hebrew word for a room is חדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-שינה-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-שינה-3.m4a” /]החדר הזה קטן מדי. This room is too small. The word for sleep is שינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-שינה-4.m4a” /] (to sleep is לישון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-שינה-5.m4a” /]). Thus bedroom – literally, room of sleep – is חדר שינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-שינה-1.m4a” /] (make sure you click for…
how to say “about to” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /]עוֹמֵד ל- Different languages have different ways of expressing that someone is about to do something. Hebrew’s way is to say literally, standing to: -עומד ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /] if it’s a male doing the action, and -עומדת ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /] if it’s a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /]אני עומד לעלות על מטוס, אחזור אליך…
how to say “rehab” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /]גְּמִילָה The original meaning of the Hebrew word גמילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /] was weaning or dealing fully with something, closing a circle, so to speak. You may be familiar with the expression from Jewish prayer, גומל חסדים טובים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /] – (He who) pays back (completes the circle for) good acts of kindness – in…
daily video – how to say “spirituality” in Hebrew
today there was a big one – how do you say “demonstration” in Hebrew?
הפגנה To my Level-5-ers – you’ve already had this lesson. Consider it review :). The Hebrew word for demonstration – political or otherwise – is הַפְגָּנָה (hahf-gah-NAH). To demonstrate or to display is לְהַפְגִּין (le-hahf-GHEEN). For example, הוּא מַפְגִּין עִנְיָן בַּלִּמּוּדִים (hoo mahf-GHEEN een-YAHN bah-lee-moo-DEEM) – he displays interest in (his/the) studies. Today there…
how to say “eye contact” in Hebrew
קֶשֶׁר עַיִן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? So, we’ve seen that to contact someone is לִיצוֹר קֶשֶׁר listen and repeat. Eye contact in Hebrew, literally, eye connection, is קֶשֶׁר עַיִן listen and repeat. Applying both terms, we get: יָצַרְתִּי אִתָּהּ קֶשֶׁר עַיִן. I made eye contact with her. listen