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daily video – how to say “great grandchildren” 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 “disconnected” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

While מחובר means connected, מנותק means disconnected. For example: הטלפון הקווי שלהם מנותק כבר שנתיים. Their landline has been disconnected for two years now. It can also mean disconnected in the psychological sense, as in: נראה לי שהוא קצת מנותק מהמציאות. I think he’s a bit out of touch with (disconnected from) reality. מנותק is a…

how to say “distress” in Hebrew

how to say “distress” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מצוקה-#.m4a” /]מְצוּקָה מצוקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מצוקה-#.m4a” /] is that state in which we need help – distress.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מצוקה-#.m4a” /]כשהיא נפלה היא לחצה על לחצן המצוקה, והגיעו לעזור. When she fell she pressed the distress button, and (people) came to help. מצוקה is also used in expressions that refer to poverty – a distressful life…

how to say “growth” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-1.m4a” /]גְּדִילָה, צְמִיחָה Yesterday we saw the word for tumor or a growth – גידול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-2.m4a” /]. On a more cheerful note, growth in human-developmental sense is גדילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-4.m4a” /]הרופא מודד לפרקים את גדילת הילד. The (male) doctor occasionally measures the boy’s growth. Don’t confuse גדילה with גלידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-5.m4a” /], the word for ice cream. For…

how to say “to purchase”

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print?   לִרְכּוֹשׁ Beginners Hebrew CoursesStarting in Jerusalem – Tel Aviv     Yesterday, we saw the Hebrew word for shopping – קְנִיּוֹת – which comes from the verb, to buy – לִקְנוֹת . In English, we have the everyday verb to buy, as well as higher-register verbs to purchase and to acquire. Hebrew is no different: while לקנות is the everyday…