listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb of the root ג.ל.ה (g.l.h).having trouble seeing the print? מוֹנִית שֵׁרוּת listen and repeat I’m in Tel Aviv’s adjacent city פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה listen and repeat, waiting for bus number 66. In the meantime, a shuttle taxi – intended to compete with the bus – pulls up. I get excited, but just to be sure, I ask the driver whether he…
1. תעודת זהות – ID card In Israel, knowing your מספר תעודת זהות – ID card number – is more important than knowing your phone number: you’ll use it all the time, from visiting the doctor to logging into your online bank. People typically shorten the expression, cutting out מספר – number, even though they’re…
אֲסִיר תּוֹדָה The night after I fell off my bike, I woke up at 4am with pain that prompted me to get in a cab and head to the טֶרֶם (TEH-rem) urgent care center. They gave me a גֶּבֶס – cast (GHEH-ves) – because it wasn’t yet clear whether my scaphoid bone was broken or sprained. That…
מָלוֹן Here’s a useful word for all you tourists coming to Israel this summer: מלון – hotel. For example: באיזה מלון אתם ישנים? At what hotel are you guys staying (sleeping)? מלון comes from the simple verb ללון, the standard word for to sleep in Biblical Hebrew. Today ללון is considered a fancy word), while…
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…
נִגּוּד אִינְטֶרֶסִים listen to this phrase pronounced We’ve still got a few spots…… in our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana I’m right now in LA – hometown of the movie industry, as well as the setting of the film, The Lincoln Lawyer, which I just watched with my buddies Daniel and Gabe at the Sherman…