having trouble seeing the print? דַּחַף Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online The Hebrew word for to push is לִדְחוֹף . For example: הִיא דָּחְפָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ לְהֶשֵּׂגִים מַרְשִׁימִים. She pushed herself to impressive achievements. Modern Hebrew regards an urge (or impulse, compulsion, desire, etc) as an internal push – the word…
קִיר, חוֹמָה, כֹּתֶל Can’t read Hebrew yet? 1 קִיר קִיר is the everyday word. It refers to the wall you’re probably facing right now, if you’re indoors. It’s that which encloses and divides between rooms. For example: בַּחֶדֶר שֶׁנִּפְתַּח אֶל הֶחָצֵר יֵשׁ שְׁלֹשָׁה קִירוֹת וְדֶלֶת גְּדוֹלָה מִזְּכוּכִית. In the room that opens…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/סלב-#.m4a” /]סֵלֵבּ, יְדוּעָן In English, people who draw inordinate amounts of attention are called celebrities – or in short, celebs. Israelis giving those people such attention have borrowed סלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/סלב-#.m4a” /] for a single celebrity (male or female), while סלבס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/סלב-#.m4a” /] is the plural form (yes, it defies Hebrew grammar). There is, however, a proper…
This word is related to the word for a plan or a program we had the other day – תָּכְנִית (tohkh-NEET). The Hebrew word for recipe is מַתְכּוֹן (maht-KOHN). You can listen to and watch the video of a cute song about Israel’s national snack right here. And you can find all kinds of מתכונים (maht-koh-NEEM)…
having trouble seeing the print? גָּמוּר, מַסְטוּל This one’s for Ilana in NYC. While some refrain from excessive celebration on פּוּרִים (poo-REEM), others… just go for it. Once they’ve done so, many of them find themselves passed out on the couch. One might point to him and say, הוּא גָּמוּר לְגַמְרֵי (hoo gah-MOOR leh-GAHM-reh –…
הָאָדָם הַקַּדְמוֹן Can’t read Hebrew yet? Some of you may recall the 1992 movie Encino Man. It’s about a frozen caveman who is dug up in a suburban backyard and helps two high school seniors become the most popular kids in school. I recently watched the movie again and relived part of…