[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]לַיַּשֵּׁב A human settlement of any kind is a יישוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]. Its root is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /], meaning sitting or dwelling. Now, יישוב is a verbal noun: it derives from the פיעל verb ליישב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /], to settle. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]האירופאים הראשונים התחילו ליישב את אמריקה לפני אלף שנה. The first Europeans…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נהיה-בקשר-1.m4a” /]נִהְיֶה בְּקֶשֶׁר Having been living in Israel for close to a decade now, I’m finding that my English has taken on some Hebraic forms. When I lived in the States, I might close a conversation with “we’ll be in touch,” but now I occasionally find myself saying “we’ll be in contact.” That’s because the Hebrew expression is…
having trouble seeing the print? לִרְתּוֹחַ, לְהַרְתִּיחַ Brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan The Hebrew word for hot is חָם (khahm), an adjective. But the Hebrew word for boiling is רוֹתֵחַ (roh-TEH-ahkh), both an adjective and a verb. For example, you could describe the water as boiling in the phrase, the boiling water – הַמַּיִם הָרוֹתְחִים (hah-MAH-yeem hah-roh-teh-KHEEM), where ה)רותחים)…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/חבל-על-הזמן-#.m4a” /]חֲבָל עַל הַזְּמַן You’ve just come back from a concert. Your friend asks: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/חבל-על-הזמן-#.m4a” /]איך היה? How was it? And you reply: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/חבל-על-הזמן-#.m4a” /]חבל על הזמן! This expression means literally, it’s a shame for the time – meaning a waste of time. But you say this ironically – the opposite is true, that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]מִשְׁלוֹחַ חִנָּם To send is לשלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, a delivery, as well as shipping – that which is sent – is משלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]כמה עולה המשלוח? How much is the shipping? Free in the sense of zero payment, in Hebrew, is חינם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. Thus free delivery is משלוח חינם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a”…