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/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]מִשְׂרָפָה Today is יום השואה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /] – Holocaust (Memorial) Day, as observed in Israel. Today’s video includes a personal note, while this written post is about the Hebrew word for crematorium – משרפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]באושוויץ היו חמש משרפות. At Auschwitz there were five crematoria. The official pronunciation…
זִכּוּי כַּסְפִּי Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’re not happy with a product you bought in Israel, you’ll find many shops reluctant to give a refund, but happy to give store credit. The term for such credit is זִכּוּי כַּסְפִּי (literally, monetary credit) or simply זיכוי , of the root…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /]אֲנִי גּוֹוֵעַ בְּרָעָב To starve, in Hebrew, is לגווע ברעב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /] – literally, to die in hunger. In the West this is hardly meant literally – most people complain that they’re starving when they’ve eaten more than a few hours ago, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /]מתי אוכלים? אנחנו גוועים ברעב! When do…