how to say “to get stuck” in Hebrew
מְבַדֵּחַ There are a few words for entertaining in Hebrew. There’s מְבַדֵּר (meh-vah-DEHR), coming from the more common word, בִּדּוּר (bee-DOOR). There’s מַצְחִיק (mahts-KHEEK), meaning funny. There’s מְשַׁעְשֵׁע (meh-shah-ah-SHEH-ah), meaning amusing (I did an entry on משעשע this past January). Here’s a word that doesn’t get used as often as the others… except for Purim. On Israeli radio…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /]בִּמְהִירוּת הָאוֹר Light, in Hebrew, is אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /], and speed is מהירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /]. You may recognize the root of מהירות from the word מהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /] – quickly or fast. The speed of light is מהירות האור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /], and at the speed of light is במהירות האור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /]. For example:…
תַּחֲזִית If you’ve listened at all to Israeli radio, you’ve certainly heard the announcers utter the words הַתַּחֲזִית, מִיָּד (tah-khah-ZEET mee-YAHD) – The forecast, right away. The word תחזית comes from the root ח.ז.ה (kh.z.h), a root close in meaning to ר.א.ה (r.a.h), seeing. A forecast is that which is foreseen. The prophets of Biblical times would…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְבַּטֵּא One could use להביע את עצמו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] to mean to express oneself, but the more common expression is the התפעל verb להתבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]היא מתבטאת בצורה כובשת. She expresses herself in a captivating way. Sometimes להתבטא substitutes לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] – to speak – as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אמירה-#.m4a” /]אֲמִירָה How do you say to go in the past tense in English, speaking for yourself? It’s I went. This can be confusing for adults who are just learning English, since they might expect it to be I goed. Hebrew does this too, sometimes. Take for example to say – in colloquial Hebrew this is…