תסריט You may know the word for movie or film – סֶרֶט (SEH-ret). The word works both for cinematic creations as well as a ribbon, which is a kind of a film. The word for screenplay is (tahs-REET). Note the three-letter root embedded in the word – ס.ר.ט. This structure – with a ת at…
having trouble seeing the print? חוֹבְבָנִי Don’t yet read Hebrew? Learn now, for free! The Hebrew word for an amateur is חוֹבְבָן when referring to a male and חוֹבְבָנִית when referring to a female. Likewise, something amateur or amateurish is חוֹבְבָנִי in the masculine and חוֹבְבָנִית in the feminine. For example: הַהוֹפָעָה…
Back in June, I introduced the word for authority, as in the Palestinian Authority: רָשׁוּת (rah-SHOOT). So today’s entry isn’t entirely new, since you may already have the word רשות well integrated in your Hebrew vocabulary. Rather, today I’d like to introduce you to a specialized usage of this word, one that you’re…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]בּוֹחַן, חִידוֹן A test – מבחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – is usually no fun. But a quiz can be either daunting or entertaining, depending on the context. Hebrew has two words for quiz, one for each occasion: בוחן [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]- a quiz at school, and חידון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – a quiz used as a game, often trivia….