[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/פגרה-#.m4a” /]פַּגְרָה Some of you sent me messages asking why you haven’t been receiving Your Daily Dose of Hebrew for the past few days. I had neglected to announce that for the holiday period between the Jewish holidays of סוכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/פגרה-#.m4a” /] and שמחת תורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/פגרה-#.m4a” /] I would be on recess – פגרה[audioclip…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
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להשתחרר Here’s a word that our Level 3 students get a kick out of getting their mouth around: (le-heesh-tahkh-REHR). It means, to get liberated. It’s used in many contexts, such as מָתַי אֲתָּה מִשְׁתַּחְרֵר מֵהַצָּבָא? (mah-TAH-ee ah-TAH meesh-tahkh-REHR meh-hah-tsah-VAH) – When are you getting released from the army?; אֲנִי רוֹצֶה קְצַת לְהִשְׁתַּחְרֵר הָעֶרֶב…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-1-1.m4a” /]נֶשֶׁק If you’re a male entering an Israeli mall, you’re likely to encounter a security guard who will ask you: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-2.m4a” /]יש לך נשק? Do you have a weapon? Alternatively, he or she might say, ?אתה חמוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-3.m4a” /] – are you armed? נשק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-1-1.m4a” /] means weapon and is sometimes used to refer to weapons…
בְּרוּכִים הַבָּאִים The English word welcome is a composite of the words well and come, so that it might be rephrased as (I wish you) well (as you) come (to visit me). Thus Hebrew’s ברוך הבא – blessed is the comer – is a fairly direct translation. Now, ברוך הבא is when welcoming a male….