how to say “night shift” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/yo-#.m4a” /]סַע! לֵךְ! קָדִימָה! In English, to give someone a green light to do something, you might say go! or go ahead! In Hebrew, you’re likely to hear people saying !סע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/סע-#.m4a” /], which means literally travel! For example, the motto of one of Israeli’s shared car services (CityCar) is: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/סע-#.m4a” /]פשוט קח…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /]הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה How do you say the Old City in Hebrew? העיר העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /], where העיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the city and העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the old (yes, literally it’s the city, the old – that’s how Hebrew works). Say עתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] – old out loud. Better yet, say its masculine…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לקחת-ברצינות-#.m4a” /]לָקַחַת בִּרְצִינוּת The Hebrew word for serious is רציני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לקחת-ברצינות-#.m4a” /] for a male or a masculine object, and רצינית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לקחת-ברצינות-#.m4a” /] for a female or a feminine object. I’m not sure of its etymology. There is a biblical figure named רצין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לקחת-ברצינות-#.m4a” /] – Retzin, the king of Aram, but there’s no…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הדברה-1.m4a” /]הַדְבָּרָה Yesterday we saw the Hebrew word for a bee – דבורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הדברה-2.m4a” /]. Another word ostensibly of the same root, ד.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הדברה-3.m4a” /], is הדברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הדברה-1.m4a” /] – pest control. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הדברה-X.m4a” /]כשהיא לא יכלה כבר לסבול את הנמלים במטבח, היא החליטה להתקשר לחברת הדברה. When she could no longer stand the ants…