how to say “hard” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לתכנן-#.m4a” /]לְתַכְנֵן The Hebrew word for a plan – תוכנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לתכנן-#.m4a” /] – takes the word for content – תוכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לתכנן-#.m4a” /] – and activates it with an ית-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לתכנן-#.m4a” /] ending. Modern Hebrew takes תוכנית and turns it into a verb with a פיעל structure, לתכנן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לתכנן-#.m4a” /]. Its root is ת.כ.נ.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/לתכנן-#.m4a” /], though its original…
עוּגַת שְׁמָרִים Can’t read Hebrew yet? I have a Hungarian-Israeli grandmother. She makes delicious goulash, paprika chicken and other signature Hungarian dishes. But the best of her kitchen is her neighborhood-famous yeast cake – עוּגַת שְׁמָרִים . Broken down: עוּגָה means cake, while עוּגַת means cake of …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /]שִׁיטָה In Biblical Hebrew you may come across עץ השיטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /] – the acacia tree. While the word for method – שיטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /] – is spelled and pronounced the same as the word for the tree, the two are not related: the root of שיטה the tree is ש.נ.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /], while…
שיחת ועידה The Hebrew word for conversation is שִׂיחָה (see-KHAH). The word for conference is וְעִידָה (ve-ee-DAH). It comes from the same root as the word for committee – וַעַד (VAH-ahd) and its synonym, וַעֲדָה (vah-AH-dah). ועדה also carries the meanings, board and commission. Anyway, a conference call is a (see-KHAHT ve-ee-DAH). This means, literally, a call…
מְאֹד טָעִים Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday, we saw that the ah-EE vowel pattern makes a Hebrew concept “-able” or “-ible”, as in the word for edible (“eat-able”) – אָכִיל . Another word of the same structure is the one for tasty, or worthy of being tasted, able to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מימייה-#.m4a” /]מֵימִיָּה Literally, a water bottle in Hebrew is בקבוק מים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מימייה-#.m4a” /], and you can use this term as well. But the kind of water bottle that isn’t disposable, the kind that hikers or soldiers tend to carry with them, is מימייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מימייה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מימייה-#.m4a” /]דוד, ארזת כובע מצחייה? קרם הגנה?…