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how to say “to unite” in Hebrew

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להתאחד   If you live in Israel, surely you’ve heard of the health care provider, מְאוּחֶדֶת (meh-oo-KHEH-deht). In English, it would be called United – like the airline. The word is feminine since it refers to קוּפַּת חוֹלִים (koo-PAHT khoh-LEEM) – health care provider (literally, “sick people’s register” – we could also use some health care…

daily video – how to say “a shot” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “old age” in Hebrew

how to say “old age” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]זִקְנָה The words זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /] and זְקֵנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /] refer to an elderly man and woman, respectively. Likewise, old age is זִקנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /], a word often modified to say in his old age (בזקנתו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]), in her old age (בזקנתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]), etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]היא יפה בזקנתה כמו בצעירותה. She…

how to say “a cooling trend” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? מְגַמַּת הִתְקָרְרוּת   Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh      Jerusalem saw snow less than two weeks ago. Then it got warm enough to walk around in tee-shirts and sandals. But it’s getting cold again. A cooling trend is a מְגַמַּת הִתְקָרְרוּת (meh-gah-MAHT heet-kah-reh-ROOT).  The word מְגַמָּה (meh-gah-MAH), one that…

how to say “in style” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]בָּאָפְנָה The Hebrew word for fashion is אופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-2.m4a” /]. Thus in fashion or in style is באופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-3.m4a” /]תספורת קרחת כרגע באופנה. A bald haircut is in style at the moment. אופנה derives from the use of the root א.פ.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-4.m4a” /] meaning way or manner: אופן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-5.m4a” /]. The root also…

how to say “average” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? מְמֻצָּע check out the new ulpan.com The Hebrew word for (the) middle is אֶמְצַע. For example: הִיא עוֹמֶדֶת בְּאֶמְצַע הַחֶדֶר. She is standing in the middle of the room. The root of אמצע is מ.צ.ע, which appears as an active-intensive פִּעֵל verb – לְמַצֵּעַ in the Mishnah:   כְּשֶׁהוּא מְנַחֵם אֶת אֲחֵרִים – דֶּרֶךְ…