how to say “dog trainer” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

מְאַלֵּף כְּלָבִים

To teach is the פיעל verb ללמד
.

For example:

מה אני עושה בחיים? אני מלמד עברית.

What do I do (in life)? I teach Hebrew.

But how do you say to train? That depends on the kind of training – and who, or what, is being trained.

To train in the sense of coaching is לאמן
(also a פיעל verb). A trainer is a מאמן
(a male) or מאמנת
(a female), as in:

היא מאמנת כושר.

She is a fitness trainer.

and

הוא מאמן אישי לחיים.

He’s a (personal) life coach.

To train someone professionally is להכשיר
, a הפעיל verb.

For example:

מי מכשיר את העובדים החדשים?

Who’s training the new employees?

Now, all these pertain to human beings being trained. What about animals? There, the word is לאלף
(also a פיעל verb), so that a dog trainer is מאלף כלבים
if he’s male and מאלפת כלבים
if she’s female. Note that מאלף means both trainer and trains, as in:

יש לי חבר שמאלף כלבים באזור ירושלים.

I have a friend who trains dogs / is a dog trainer in the Jerusalem area.

לאלף is related to the word ulpan. Find out how in today’s video.

how to say “haste makes waste” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 30, 2020January 25, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]הַחִפָּזוֹן מֵהַשָּׂטָן Speaking of the devil, the Hebrew expression for haste makes waste invokes that angel of trouble: החיפזון מהשטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /] – literally, haste is from the devil. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]זה לא יצליח. החיפזון מהשטן. It won’t succeed. Haste is from the devil. This expression finds its roots in Arabic: العَجَلَةُ…

daily video – how to say “it’ll be good” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 7, 2022June 6, 2022

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 do you say “niece” and “nephew” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger April 28, 2010November 5, 2018

אחיין, אחיינית Brother is אָח (ahkh); sister is אָחוֹת (ah-KHOHT). I would rate these as Level 2 words for Ulpan La-Inyan. Nephew is אַחְיָן (ahkh-YAHN), and niece is אַחְיָנִית (ahkh-yah-NEET). These are more likely to be encountered in a Level 3 or Level 4 discussion. For example, I would say, יֵשׁ לִי אחיינית חֲדָשָׁה (yesh lee…

How do you say “a funny” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger June 13, 2010November 5, 2018

לצחוק To laugh, in Modern Hebrew, is לִצְחוֹק (leets-KHOHK). It’s the same word used for making fun. In that case, the appropriate preposition following לצחוק would be על (ahl) – on. For example, זֶה לֹא יָפֶה לִצְחוֹק עַל אֲנָשִׁים (zeh loh yah-FEH leets-KHOHK ahl ah-nah-SHEEM) – it’s not nice to make fun of people. …

how to say “to expand” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 21, 2019July 18, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-#.m4a” /]לְהַרְחִיב If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the Hebrew word for street – רחוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-#.m4a” /]. Historically, this was a place רחב מספיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-#.m4a” /] – wide enough – for the people of a city to congregate. Taking the root ר.ח.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-#.m4a” /] (wide) and plugging it into the הפעיל verb form, we…

how to say “witin the hour” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 3, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בשעה-הקרובה-1.m4a” /]בַּשָּׁעָה הַקְּרוֹבָה It’s 9pm and suddenly there’s a power outage. With your phone battery is at 3%, you find the number of a local electrician, but he can’t come right away. Instead, he says: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בשעה-הקרובה-2.m4a” /]אני אגיע בשעה הקרובה. I’ll be over within the hour. In Hebrew, within the hour is in the close hour – or with…

מְאַלֵּף כְּלָבִים

To teach is the פיעל verb ללמד.

For example:

מה אני עושה בחיים? אני מלמד עברית.

What do I do (in life)? I teach Hebrew.

But how do you say to train? That depends on the kind of training – and who, or what, is being trained.

To train in the sense of coaching is לאמן (also a פיעל verb). A trainer is a מאמן (a male) or מאמנת (a female), as in:

היא מאמנת כושר.

She is a fitness trainer.

and

הוא מאמן אישי לחיים.

He’s a (personal) life coach.

To train someone professionally is להכשיר, a הפעיל verb.

For example:

מי מכשיר את העובדים החדשים?

Who’s training the new employees?

Now, all these pertain to human beings being trained. What about animals? There, the word is לאלף (also a פיעל verb), so that a dog trainer is מאלף כלבים if he’s male and מאלפת כלבים if she’s female. Note that מאלף means both trainer and trains, as in:

יש לי חבר שמאלף כלבים באזור ירושלים.

I have a friend who trains dogs / is a dog trainer in the Jerusalem area.

לאלף is related to the word ulpan. Find out how in today’s video.

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To teach is the פיעל verb ללמד
.

To train in the sense of coaching is לאמן
(also a פיעל verb). A trainer is a מאמן
(a male) or מאמנת
(a female), as in:

To train someone professionally is להכשיר
, a הפעיל verb.

Now, all these pertain to human beings being trained. What about animals? There, the word is לאלף
(also a פיעל verb), so that a dog trainer is מאלף כלבים
if he’s male and מאלפת כלבים
if she’s female. Note that מאלף means both trainer and trains, as in: