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how to say “anonymous” in Hebrew
אָנוֹנִימִי, אַלְמוֹנִי Late-summer conversational Hebrew courses starting in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Raanana THIS SUNDAY, August 28 – check them out! This one’s for my friend Benjy, who challenged me to introduce words that he might not yet know. The more commonly-used translation of anonymous is also the one borrowed from another language…
announcements from Ktzat Ivrit and Ulpan La-Inyan
(your daily dose of Hebrew follows) Announcements: 1 – Discount on Fall courses 2 – Israeli music show today Announcement #1 Discount on Ulpan La-Inyan Fall 2011 courses Our friendly, state-of-the-art Fall 2011 courses are starting all over Israel on October 30. The registration deadline to save NIS 200 is October 11,…
how to say “no way” or “you don’t say!” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? מַה אַתָּה אוֹמֵר? בְּחַיֶּיךָ! אֲנִי לֹא מַאֲמִין! Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us In English, we have several ways of expressing disbelief and surprise: you don’t say!, no way!, I don’t believe it!, etc. Here are some in Hebrew. 1. מה אתה אומר…
daily video – how to say “visibility” in Hebrew
how to say “noon” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /]צוֹהֳרַיִים The Hebrew word for noon is צוהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /] (according to the pre-2017 spelling, צהריים). While אחר הצוהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /] or אחרי הצוהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /] means afternoon (literally, after the noon), people often abbreviate and just use צוהריים to refer to the first few hours after 12pm. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /]הוא אמר שהוא יקפוץ לבקר…
how to say “tar” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? זֶפֶת Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! בּוֹרוֹת הַזֶּפֶת לָה בְּרֵאָה (boh-ROHT hah-ZEH-fet lah-BREH-ah) the La Brea Tar Pits The word for tar appears in next week’s Torah portion as one of the materials which seals the floating basket of baby Moses. The word in Biblical as…