how to say “baby carriage” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/יוקר-המחיה-#.m4a” /]יֹקֶר הַמִּחְיָה The Hebrew expression for cost of living is יוקר המחיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/יוקר-המחיה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/יוקר-המחיה-#.m4a” /]מה יוקר המחיה הממוצע בארצות הברית? What is the average cost of living in the United States? The expression means literally, expensiveness of sustenance. You may recognize the word יקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/יוקר-המחיה-#.m4a” /] – expensive or dear – in the word…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen and repeat
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להגדיר-#.m4a” /]לְהַגְדִּיר To define something is to show what it is and what it isn’t, where it begins and where it ends. For example, בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להגדיר-#.m4a” /] – house is a place of living, but it is not a workplace. The Hebrew word for to define is להגדיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להגדיר-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb calling upon…
גַּן, גִּנָּה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for garden goes way back to the opening passages of the Bible, so that the Garden of Eden is גַּן עֵדֶן listen and repeat– or, in the Biblical context, “a garden in Eden, in the east” – גַּן בְּעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם listen and repeat….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לתפקד-#.m4a” /]לְתַפְקֵד Look closely at this word, לתפקד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לתפקד-#.m4a” /] – to function. What is the root? You might answer that the root is ת.פ.ק.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לתפקד-#.m4a” /], which is true in the sense that if you plug it into the פיעל verb structure paradigm, you’ll get all your conjugations. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לתפקד-#.m4a” /]אם…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-1.m4a” /]מוֹעֵד You may be familiar with the word מועד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-1.m4a” /] from Biblical terms such as אהל מועד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-2.m4a” /] – the tent of meeting. The word itself employs the root י.ע.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-3.m4a” /] meaning goal or target, so that מועד means an appointed or specific time. A couple of Modern-Hebrew examples: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-4.m4a” /]אפשר לדחות את מועד התשלום? Is…