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חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
how to say “gimme a break” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/תעשה-לי-טובה-#.m4a” /]תַּעֲשֶׂה לִי טוֹבָה Hebrew doesn’t have a literal translation for gimme a break. Really, what’s a break anyway? What’s being broken? To dismiss an idea with the same measured disgust mixed with a dash of hope as gimme a break, Israelis say תעשה לי טובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/תעשה-לי-טובה-#.m4a” /] to a male, and תעשי לי טובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/תעשה-לי-טובה-#.m4a”…
how to say “the best” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-1.m4a” /]הֲכִי טוֹב, הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר, הַמֵּיטָב If you look closely at the three expressions above for the best, you’ll find the word טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-2.m4a” /] – good – in all of them, in some form. Each of these expressions is useful in different contexts: הכי טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-3.m4a” /] is an everyday expression, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-4.m4a”…
how to say “satisfaction” in Hebrew
סִפּוּק Hear this word pronounced Yesterday we had the word for supplier or provider, סַפָּק (sah-PAHK). The “ah-AH” vowel scheme of that word is common among professional terms. For example, a carpenter is a נַגָּר (nah-GAHR), one of the words for a butcher is קַצָּב (kah-TSAHV), etc. סַפָּק derives from the פיעל (pee-EHL) verb to provide or to satisfy – לְסַפֵּק…
how to say “torch” in Hebrew
מַשּׂוּאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-1.mp3″ /] The Israeli national days of commemoration opened tonight with יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-2.mp3″ /] – Holocaust (Memorial) Day, and torches are being used to raise awareness through ceremony. The Hebrew word for torch (the kind that burns) is מַשּׂוּאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-3.mp3″ /]הָעֶרֶב הִתְקַיֵּם טֶקֶס הַדְלַקַת הַמַּשֹּוּאוֹת בְּיָד וָשֵׁם, וּבַשָּׁבוּעַ הַבָּא יִתְקַיֵּם הַטֶּקֶס בְּהַר הֶרְצֶל….
how to say “character traits” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/תכונות-אופי-#.m4a” /]תְּכוּנוֹת אֹפִי We’ve seen that the word for character is אופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/תכונות-אופי-#.m4a” /]. What about character trait? The word for that is תכונת אופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/תכונות-אופי-#.m4a” /], where תכונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/תכונות-אופי-#.m4a” /] means trait or characteristic. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/תכונות-אופי-#.m4a” /]איזה תכונות אופי יש לה? What personality traits does she have? But remember that in Hebrew, אישיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/תכונות-אופי-#.m4a” /]…