[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/מעוניין-#.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְעֻנְיָן, מְעַנְיֵן אֹתִי לָדַעַת… How do you say interesting in Hebrew? [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/מעוניין-#.m4a” /]מעניין For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/מעוניין-#.m4a” /]זה לא מוזיאון מעניין במיוחד. It’s not a particularly interesting museum. And what about interested, as in I’m interested? Depends on what you want to say. If your entire statement is I’m interested or if you’re interested in…
having trouble seeing the print? שִׁמּוּשִׁי Level 4 Hebrew course opening in Tel Aviv this Sunday! If you’re conversant in Hebrew, you most likely know the Hebrew word for to use something – לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּש (leh-heesh-tah-MESH), as in הִיא מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת בָּעֵט עַכְשָׁו (hee meesh-tah-MEH-shet bah-ET ahkh-SHAHV) – she is using the pen now. The root is ש.מ.ש…
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/2019/07/לצבור-#.m4a” /]לִצְבֹּר לצבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לצבור-#.m4a” /] means to accumulate. You may recognize the word from the Biblical story of Joseph, who rescues the economy of Egypt: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לצבור-#.m4a” /]וַיִּצְבֹּר יוֹסֵף בָּר כְּחוֹל הַיָּם הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד כִּי חָדַל לִסְפֹּר כִּי אֵין מִסְפָּר. (בראשית מ”א, מ”ט) And Joseph stored up (accumulated) huge quantities of grain, like the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /]שֶׁבִי The Hebrew word for captivity – שבי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /] – looks like it could be related to to sit – לשבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /], especially considering the fact that !שבי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /] means have a seat! when speaking to a female. But whereas the root of לשבת is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /], that of שבי (captivity) is ש.ב.ה[audioclip…
בַּשָּׁנָה שֶׁעָבְרָה, אֶשְׁתָּקַד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-1.mp3″ /] In spoken Hebrew, the way to say last year is בַּשָּׁנָה שֶׁעָבְרָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-2.mp3″ /] – literally, in the year that has passed. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-3.mp3″ /]בַּשָּׁנָה שֶׁעָבְרָה הָיִינוּ בְּצָרְפַת. Last year we were in France. A more literary way of saying this is אֶשְׁתָּקַד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-4.mp3″ /]. Here’s an example…