listen and repeat.For every friend who you refer to Ulpan La-Inyan who signs up for a course- we will give you a FREE Hebrew lesson one-on-one with one of our great teachers. Here is how it works: You share this link with friends who made aliyah in the past 18 months. Be sure to tell them to…
טֶבַע הָאָדָם, הַטֶּבַע הָאֱנוֹשִׁי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? In observance of the Jewish holidays, I took off some time from blogging. Now it’s back to the routine, with a dose of Hebrew that brings themes of the holidays together with themes of the Torah portions being read these weeks by…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בגד-ים-1.m4a” /]בֶּגֶד יָם Summer is upon us here in the northern hemisphere. One of the most important summer items is variably called a swimsuit, a bathing suit or swim trunks. All these terms focus on the action taken while donning the garment. Hebrew’s term focuses not on the action, but on the place where the suit might be worn:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /]הֶחְזֵר You may know the basic Hebrew word for to return or to come back: לחזור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /], a simple verb. There’s also להחזיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /] – to return (something), a הפעיל verb: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /]תחזיר את הכדור למקום, דני! Put the ball back in its place, Danny! It’s possible also להחזיר כסף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /] – to…
להרתם Even if you’re more or less fluent in Hebrew, there’s a good chance you don’t know this word. To enlist oneself or to devote oneself – say, to a cause – is לְהֵרָתֵם (le-heh-rah-TEHM). For example, כָּל הַיְּלָדִים נִרְתָּמִים לַעֲזוֹר בַּבָּיִת (kohl hah-yeh-lah-DEEM neer-tah-MEEM lah-ah-ZOHR bah-BAH-yeet) – all the kids “are enlisting” to help…