how to say “to have your cake and eat it too”
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-1.m4a” /]הַשָּׁנָה You may know the Hebrew word for today or this day – היום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-2.m4a” /]. It’s also the title of a song by Ehud Banai. היום means literally the day: same structure works for this week – השבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-3.m4a” /], this year – השנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-4.m4a” /], etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-5.m4a” /]כמה עולים הגיעו לארץ…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגמור-1.m4a” /]לִגְמוֹר, לְסַיֵּם Modern Hebrew has two common words for to finish. לגמור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגמור-2.m4a” /], the word used in the Bible, is probably the better-known one to people who are familiar with Hebrew but who are not native speakers. לגמור is used in Modern Hebrew primarily to mean to finish something – it is a transitive verb, one…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-1.m4a” /]עוֹלָם כְּמִנְהָגוֹ נוֹהֵג A literal translation of the world keeps on turning is העולם ממשיך להסתובב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-2.m4a” /]. But a more ancient expression not translated from English, appearing in the Talmud, is עולם כמנהגו נוהג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-1.m4a” /] – the world conducts itself as its custom. Broken down: עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-3.m4a” /] – world -כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-4.m4a” /] – as מנהגו[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נכס-1.m4a” /]נֶכֶס The concept of property has several words in Hebrew. רכוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נכס-2.m4a” /] generally refers to objects that a person has acquired – using another word, possessions. נכס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נכס-1.m4a” /] refers to a property – something of substantial value that might also produce value, such as real estate or a business. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]שֶׁקֶר וְכָזָב The basic Hebrew word for a lie is שקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /], while to lie is the פיעל verb לשקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]אני נשבע לך, אני לא משקר! I (a male) swear to you (a female), I’m not lying! Now, שקר is the basic word. But the literary word for a…