how to say “refund” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/חדר-בריחה-#.m4a” /]חֲדַר בְּרִיחָה Escape rooms have become very popular in Israel in the past few years. In Hebrew, they’re called חדרי בריחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/חדר-בריחה-#.m4a” /], while a single escape room is חדר בריחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/חדר-בריחה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/חדר-בריחה-#.m4a” /]רק במרכז ירושלים יש לפחות חמישה חדרי בריחה. In central Jerusalem alone there are at least five…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרפאה-#.m4a” /]מִרְפָּאָה, קְלִינִיקָה How do you say clinic in Hebrew? Depends on what kind. The medical kind is a מרפאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרפאה-#.m4a” /], coming from the root ר.פ.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרפאה-#.m4a” /], which means healing. You may recognize it from רופא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרפאה-#.m4a” /] – doctor. For example, the receptionist at the clinic might answer the phone with: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרפאה-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]הַשְּׁאָר, הַיֶּתֶר The root ש.א.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] brings us the הפעיל verb to leave behind – להשאיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /], as well as השאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest. שאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] with the -ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] prefix appears only in construct (סמיכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]) phrases such as שאר האנשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /]כְּתוֹנֶת לַיְלָה When I googled כתונת לילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /], I found pictures only of women wearing night gowns. While I’m sure there are men who wear them as well, I guess that result makes sense. כתונת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /] (also כותונת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /]) means gown, while לילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /] means night. For example: [audioclip…
עצלן My bed has clothes, CDs, envelopes and all kinds of other stuff on it, and I don’t feel like putting it all away so I can go to… bed. Instead, I’m going to do what I’ve done more than one night over the past couple of weeks. I’m going to sleep on…