[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מורה-פרטי-#.m4a” /]מוֹרֶה פְּרָטִי If you’ve been to a Hebrew class before, you probably know the word for teacher – מורֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מורה-פרטי-#.m4a” /] if he’s a male and מורָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מורה-פרטי-#.m4a” /] if she’s a female. Kids use המורָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מורה-פרטי-#.m4a” /] and המורֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מורה-פרטי-#.m4a” /] – literally, the teacher – to refer to their teacher, just like English speaking…
עִסּוּק עִקָּרִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עיסוק-עיקרי-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for a business is עסק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עיסוק-עיקרי-2.mp3″ /]. Likewise, the word for occupation (in the occupational sense) is עיסוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עיסוק-עיקרי-3.mp3″ /], so that someone’s primary occupation or is their עיסוק עיקרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עיסוק-עיקרי-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עיסוק-עיקרי-4.mp3″ /]אני עובד גם בעבודות מזדמנות, אבל העיסוק העיקרי שלי הוא הוראה. I also work odd jobs, but…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לדבר-לעניין-1.m4a” /]לְדַבֵּר לָעִנְיָן When I was looking for an adequate translation for לדבר לעניין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לדבר-לעניין-1.m4a” /] to English, Google Translate gave me to talk turkey – an expression I must have missed, having grown up in the 80s and 90s. In any case, to talk turkey means to talk business – to talk in a way that gets to the point….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-1.m4a” /]בֶּטַח Israelis do not like to express doubt. So their word for probably… well, there isn’t a single word for probably. There’s קרוב לוודאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-2.m4a” /] – close to certain, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-3.m4a” /]קרוב לוודאי שהלהקה תגיע לארץ בשנה הבאה. The band will probably (almost certainly) come to Israel next year. There’s also ככל הנראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-4.m4a”…
בְּתֹם לֵב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Someone innocent in the sense that they don’t know of evil, is either תָּמִים listen and repeat (a male) or תְּמִימָה listen and repeat (a female) in Hebrew. Likewise, innocence is תְּמִימוּת listen and repeat, and a more poetic synonym of that is תֹּם listen and repeat (also used as a name…
