how to say “proper Hebrew” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/צרכים-#.m4a” /]צְרָכִים If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know how to express need: אני צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/צרכים-#.m4a” /] if you’re male and אני צריכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/צרכים-#.m4a” /] if you’re female. The word for a need is צורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/צרכים-#.m4a” /], while needs are צרכים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/צרכים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/צרכים-#.m4a” /]הוא נמצא במסגרת לילדים עם צרכים…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-1.m4a” /]צַעַד צַעַד The Hebrew expression for one at a time is אחד אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-2.m4a” /] – literally, one one. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-3.m4a” /]הילדים נכנסו לכיתה אחד אחד. The children entered the classroom one at a time. Now suppose you want to say something like one step at a time. That’s צעד צעד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-1.m4a” /] –…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]מִסְגֶּרֶת Here’s a Hebrew word with a meaning that has no real equal in English: מסגרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]. On a literal level, מסגרת means frame, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]המסגרת הזאת לא מתאימה לתמונה. This frame doesn’t fit the picture. On a metaphorical level, מסגרת can mean framework or context, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]מטיילים הרבה…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להכיל-#.m4a” /]לְהָכִיל This word truly has no equal in English, and yet it’s a common word when speech gets tender and loving. להכיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להכיל-#.m4a” /] means literally to contain, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להכיל-#.m4a” /]המוצר הזה עלול להכיל אגוזים. This product may contain nuts. But on a metaphorical level, להכיל means to contain someone else’s feelings, to…