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how to say “empathy” in Hebrew
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how to say “to set a table” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /]לַעֲרֹךְ שֻׁלְחָן Among the stages of סדר פסח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] – the Passover Seder, שולחן עורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] means setting the table, or literally – a table, he sets. To set a table is לערוך שולחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] – literally, to set/arrange a table. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /]ילדים, ערכתם כבר את השולחן? Kids,…
how to say “to cover yourself up” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְכַּסּוֹת Although technically it’s fall, Israelis call November חורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /] – winter. You might very well hear people saying things like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /]אני אוהב להתכסות בשמיכת פוך. I like covering myself up with a duvet. (see full conversation) להתכסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /] is a התפעל verb from the root כ.ס.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /]…
how to say “anyway” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ממילא-#.m4a” /]מִמֵּילָא, בְּכָל מִקְרֶה, בְּכָל אֹפֶן Anyway in English could mean in any case, either way, and more. Hebrew has a few different terms as well. בכל מקרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ממילא-#.m4a” /] means literally in any case, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ממילא-#.m4a” /]לא משנה מה תחליט, בכל מקרה תעדכן אותי. It doesn’t matter what you (a male) decide, in any…
how to say “nightmare” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? סִיּוּט, חֲלוֹם בַּלָּהוֹת In English, we use the word nightmare in both the literal sense of a bad dream, and in the figurative, emphatic sense of a difficult event or series of events. So too in Hebrew, where the word used in the figurative, emphatic sense is סִיּוּט …
how to say “calf” in Hebrew
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