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daily video – how to say “trampoline” in Hebrew
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how to say “distance” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? מֶרְחָק brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! If you’ve got a rudimentary Hebrew vocabulary, you probably know the word for far – רָחוֹק (rah-KHOHK). This essential adjective has cognates (words with similar origin) in several other…
how to say “phenomenon” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? תּוֹפָעָה In yesterday’s posting, we encountered a Hebrew word that adds a ת (t) sound at the beginning of a common, general root – in our case, ד.ר.כ (d.r.k), meaning way – to create a more specific word, in our case, תִּדְרוּך (teed-ROOKH), or briefing. This phenomenon – of creating…
how to say “Lasik” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /]הֲסָרַת מִשְׁקָפַיִם Lasik is a brand, but like Kleenex, it also refers to the thing itself – laser eye surgery. In Hebrew people call this ניתוח להסרת משקפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – surgery for removing glasses, or simply הסרת משקפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – glasses removal. Sometimes the expression has the word לייזר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – laser – in…
How to say “flood” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /]הֲצָפָה While שיטפון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /] is a flash flood, the Hebrew word for a standard flood is הצפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /]. For example: ההצפות בארץ בשבוע שעבר גבו קרבנות.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /] The floods in Israel last week claimed victims. הצפה is a noun coming from the הפעיל verb, להציף [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /] – to flood. The root is…
changing weather patterns
מזג אוויר Sometimes the weather seems to have a mind of its own – like in Jerusalem today, where it was well over 80 degrees Fahrenheit midday, but about 55 now… Crazy. It’s almost as if the weather has a temperament. Perhaps that’s why it’s called מֶזֶג אָוִיר (MEH-zeg ah-VEER) in Hebrew…