make the Hebrew you learned this week YOURS TO KEEP

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /]בְּעָלִים Hebrew doesn’t have words for to own or to have. Rather, I have is יש לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /] – literally, there is to me. And ownership is בעלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /], deriving from the Biblical word בעל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /] meaning master (also husband). When referring to the owner of a piece of real estate or a company, the word is בעלים[audioclip…

  רַכֶּבֶת תַּחְתִּית  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     The word תַּחַת  listen and repeat means below or under, while מִתַּחַת  listen and repeat means underneath (literally, from under) as in:   הַנְּיָרוֹת נִמְצָאִים מִתַּחַת לַשֻּׁלְחָן. The papers are under the table.  listen    תחת also means one’s behind in slang.    תַּחְתִּית  listen and repeat means the bottom…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/להמתין-#.m4a” /]לְחַכּוֹת, לְהַמְתִּין The basic and commonly used word for to wait in Hebrew is לחכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/להמתין-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/להמתין-#.m4a” /]חבר’ה, חכו לי בחוץ, אני תיכף יורד. Guys, wait for me outside, I’ll (a male) be right down. לחכות is a פיעל verb. But you may have encountered another word for to wait, one…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3" /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on "Choose a study mode" in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3" /]שבת שלום, וסוף...