how to say “not yet” in Hebrew
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-1.m4a” /]סוֹכְנוּת נַדְלָ”ן You may know of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Some of you may even work there. The organization’s name in Hebrew is הסוכנות היהודית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-2.m4a” /], where סוכנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-3.m4a” /] means agency. Likewise, an agent is a סוכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-4.m4a” /] (male) or סוכנת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-5.m4a” /] (female). Now, just as Hebrew borrows from Aramaic…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/המספר-שחויג-1.m4a” /]הַמִּסְפָּר שֶׁחֻיָּג To dial, in Hebrew, is לחייג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/המספר-שחויג-2.m4a” /]. And just as the physical action of dialing is now only a figure of speech we use to mean tapping numbers rather than actually turning the dial on a rotary phone (visual aids for those of you who don’t know what a rotary phone is),…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחבואים-1.m4a” /]מַחְבּוֹאִים The other day, we saw the word להטמין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחבואים-2.m4a” /] – to conceal. The more basic verb, to hide, in Hebrew is להחביא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחבואים-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחבואים-4.m4a” /]אבא, איפה החבאת את האפיקומן? Dad, where did you hide the afikoman? A hiding place is a מחבוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחבואים-5.m4a” /], so that the game hide and go seek,…