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to “pick someone up” (from school or something)… in Hebrew
לאסוף לֶאֱסוֹף (leh-eh-SOHF) means, literally, to gather. In Hebrew, it’s also to mean to pick someone up (i.e. from work, not on a date – that’s לְהַתְחִיל עִם… – le-haht-HEEL eem… – to start with…). An American mother might say I need to pick up the kids. An Israeli mother would say אֲנִי…
how to say “ceremony” in Hebrew
טֶקֶס Check out our summer Hebrew classes for adults and teens! This week and next are loaded with טְקָסִים (teh-kah-SEEM) – ceremonies – here in Israel: for יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה (yohm hah-shoh-AH) – Holocaust (Remembrance) Day this past Monday and for יוֹם הַזִּכּרוֹן (yohm hah-zee-kah-ROHN) – Memorial Day (for the soldiers and victims of terror). Immediately…
how to say “yahrzeit” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אַזְכָּרָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the simple verb לזכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /] – to remember, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אני זוכר אותה! I (a male) remember her! Then there’s the הפעיל verb from the same root, to remind – להזכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]לא צריך להזכיר לה…
how to say “I meant to say…” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-1.m4a” /]הִתְכַּוַּנְתִּי If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer, you may know the word כוונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-2.m4a” /] – intent. The word is derived from the root כ.ו.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-3.m4a” /] – which is quite ubiquitous, appearing in words as diverse as כן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-4.m4a” /] – yes, נכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-5.m4a” /] – correct, and להתכונן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-6.m4a” /] – to get ready. Another application of…
how do you say “hotter than usual” in Hebrew?
[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….
how to say “meeting” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? פְּגִישָׁה, מִפְגָּשׁ, אָסֵפָה, יְשִׁיבָה Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! As you can tell from the title, there are many words in Hebrew for meeting. Here’s a digest for you. פגישה The most common word for meeting is פְּגִישָׁה It comes from the active-simple verb לִפְגּוֹשׁ – to meet – of the root…