how to say “from age zero” in Hebrew

צַעַר, יָגוֹן, עֶצֶב, עָגְמַת נֶפֶשׁ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עגמת-נפש-1.mp3″ /] Genuine grief, that painful feeling that comes with loss, is variably called in Hebrew צער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עגמת-נפש-2.mp3″ /] (pain), יגון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עגמת-נפש-3.mp3″ /] (anguish), עצב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עגמת-נפש-4.mp3″ /] (sadness) and עגמת נפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עגמת-נפש-5.mp3″ /] (suffering, anguish of the soul). The latter term, עגמת נפש, is sometimes used the way grief is in English…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-1.m4a” /]כְּדַאי Hebrew has several ways of saying worthwhile or worth it in Hebrew, one of which is שווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-2.m4a” /] – literally, equal, a word we’ve seen recently in this blog. Perhaps the most common word to express worthwhile is כדאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-1.m4a” /], deriving originally from Aramaic. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-3.m4a” /]לא כדאי. It’s not worth it….