[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סימן-שאלה-1.m4a” /]סִימַן שְׁאֵלָה An exclamation point or exclamation mark in Hebrew is סימן קריאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סימן-שאלה-2.m4a” /]. Likewise, a question mark is סימן שאלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סימן-שאלה-1.m4a” /]. Sometimes both marks are used together, as in: The term is used literally as well as figuratively: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סימן-שאלה-3.m4a” /]אחרי השערוריה, האמינות של כל הפוליטיקאים בסימן שאלה. After the scandal, the reliability of all the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתנהג-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְנַהֵג To behave is to conduct oneself in a certain way. Thus Modern Hebrew draws upon the Biblical root נ.ה.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתנהג-2.m4a” /] meaning to conduct, to drive (such as a chariot) and creates the reflexive התפעל verb להתנהג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתנהג-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתנהג-3.m4a” /]הוא מתנהג בצורה פראית! He behaves in a wild manner! Other…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ירידה-בטמפרטורות-1.m4a” /]יְרִידָה בַּטֶּמְפֶּרָטוּרוֹת There is a proper Hebrew term for temperature. It’s a logical one: דרגת חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ירידה-בטמפרטורות-2.m4a” /] – literally, degree of heat. But what you’ll hear on the weather report is the Hebrew word borrowed from the Latin through European languages: טמפרטורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ירידה-בטמפרטורות-3.m4a” /]. A drop in temperatures is ירידה בטמפרטורות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ירידה-בטמפרטורות-1.m4a” /]. The word ירידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ירידה-בטמפרטורות-4.m4a” /], a decline,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /]מְעוֹנוֹת מעון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /] is a fancy word for house – it’s like the English word residence. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /]מעון ראש הממשלה ממוקם ברחוב בלפור בירושלים. The prime minister’s residence is located on Balfour Street in Jerusalem. A dormitory or dormitories are מעונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /] – literally, residences. For example: [audioclip…