how to say “hopes and dreams” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/אנשי-מכירות-#.m4a” /]אִישׁ/אֵשֶׁת מְכִירוֹת The Hebrew word for to sell is למכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/אנשי-מכירות-#.m4a” /], a פעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/אנשי-מכירות-#.m4a” /]מכרתי את הרכב. I sold my (the) car. A saleswoman is אשת מכירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/אנשי-מכירות-#.m4a” /], while a salesman is איש מכירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/אנשי-מכירות-#.m4a” /]. What about multiple salespeople? That’s אנשי מכירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/אנשי-מכירות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/אנשי-מכירות-#.m4a” /]אנשי…
שינוי Aside from being the name of a short-lived left-of-center Israeli political party, the word שִׁנּוּי (shee-NOO-ee) means a change. Sometimes it takes a long time for a שינוי to appear. However, sometimes, שינוי takes place in an instant. Where in English you might say, it’s warm today, for a change, in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/קרע-#.m4a” /]קֶרַע The Hebrew word for to tear or to rip is לקרוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/קרע-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/קרע-#.m4a” /]הוא קרע את הנייר מרוב כעס. He ripped the paper out of (so much) anger. A קרע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/קרע-#.m4a” /] is a rip or a rupture. Such a rupture can be physical or proverbial, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/קרע-#.m4a” /]הקרע בין הילדים…
[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…
משט I learned two words this past week in two languages. The first is flotilla. It must come from Spanish or something. The second is מַשָּׁט (mah-SHAHT). It comes from the root ש.ו.ט, which carries the core meaning of sailing or traveling by sea. Watch this video of a news report before the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-1.mp3″ /]אֶזְרָח וָתִיק On buses throughout Israel you’ll find placards stating: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-2.mp3″ /] stand up in the presence of the aged This phrase taken right out of the Bible uses the word שֵׂיבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-3.mp3″ /], referring specifically to hair that has gone white, and generally to those who typically bear white…