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how to say “space shuttle” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-1.m4a” /]חֲלָלִית Yesterday we saw that חלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-2.m4a” /] means space, and החלל החיצון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-3.m4a” /] means outer space. I gave the example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-4.m4a” /]אריק תמיד רצה לנסוע לחלל החיצון. Arik has always wanted to go to outer space. But how would he get there? With a space shuttle, of course – a חללית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-1.m4a” /]. For example, Arik might say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-5.m4a” /]מי…
how to say “to happen” in Hebrew
לִקְרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for to happen is לקרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /], a simple verb whose root is ק.ר.ה (k.r.h). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-2.wav” /]מה קרה? What happened? and the informal greeting: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-3.mp3″ /]מה קורה? What’s happening? Since the word קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-4.mp3″ /] sounds the same as the word for read as in he read –…
how to say “delivery” in Hebrew
מִשְׁלוֹחַ listen to this word pronounced Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by… Check it out! In my Jerusalem apartment the other night, I searched Google for the Israeli bookshop in Encino, California. I found it and called the number listed. The man on the other end of the line…
how to say “former prime minister” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה לְשֶׁעָבַר Hebrew’s term for prime minister means literally, head of government: ראש ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]. The prime minister is ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]ראש הממשלה ימסור הערב הצהרה לתקשורת. The prime minister will deliver, this evening, an announcement to the press. What about a former prime minister? That’s ראש ממשלה…
how to say “concentration” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /]רִכּוּז If you’ve traveled in Israel by bus or by the Jerusalem light rail, you may know how to say central bus station – תחנה מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /]איך מגיעים לתחנה המרכזית? How do you get to the central station? The word מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /], in the masculine מרכזי[audioclip…