לְתַקֵּן listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Today I introduced a song by Ehud Banai to my Level 2 intensive class in Jerusalem. Two of the lines in the song go like this: אָז תַּאֲמִין שֶׁאִם קִלְקַלְת –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /]שְׁבוּעִי The Hebrew word for week is שבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /], as in what Jews wish each other after the Sabbath: שבוע טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /] – (have a) good week! To create the word weekly, just add a י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /] to the end of שבוע and change the vowels a bit so the word is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-1.m4a” /]בְּהֵרָיוֹן The Hebrew word for parent is הורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-2.m4a” /] for a male (a father) and הורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-3.m4a” /] for a female (a mother). Another word of the same root ה.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-4.m4a” /] is הריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-5.m4a” /] – pregnancy, and its derivative בהריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-1.m4a” /] – pregnant or literally with pregnancy. For example, you might hear on an Israeli public…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/שוקולד-#.m4a” /]שׁוֹקוֹלָד This word is so beloved that the Academy for the Hebrew Language didn’t even bother creating an authentic Hebrew term for it. Today chocolate is שוקולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/שוקולד-#.m4a” /], which is the Russian (and Yiddish) pronunciation of the word (шоколад), but in earlier years of the State you would often hear people referring to…