how to say “quality” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-1.m4a” /]לָעוּף, לָטוּס How do you say to fly in Hebrew? Depend on who’s flying. If it’s a bird or another organism, the word is לעוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-3.m4a” /]עוף, גוזל. Fly away, little bird. But if what’s flying (or the one doing the work involved in flying) is an inanimate object,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/להסתדר-#.m4a” /]לְהִסְתַּדֵּר If you’ve got some very basic Hebrew under your belt, you know the expression הכל בסדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/להסתדר-#.m4a” /] – everything’s fine. בסדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/להסתדר-#.m4a” /] means literally in order, where סדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/להסתדר-#.m4a” /] means order. This word, also a three-letter root, forms the basis of the word להסתדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/להסתדר-#.m4a” /] – to get along, both with other people…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדיחה-1.m4a” /]בְּדִיחָה While to laugh is לצחוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדיחה-2.m4a” /], a joke is בדיחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדיחה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדיחה-3.m4a” /]באופן מפתיע, היא פרצה בצחוק מהבדיחה שלי. Surprisingly, she burst out laughing from my joke. בדיחה came to Hebrew via Aramaic, where in the Talmud we have the expression מילתא דבדיחותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדיחה-4.m4a” /] – words of entertainment.
אדישות Apathy can be dangerous, especially regarding things like the Holocaust and people like Gilad Shalit (גִּלְעַד שָׁלִיט). Apathy tends to go against the basic human need/function of love. The Hebrew word for apathy is אֲדִישׁוּת (ah-dee-SHOOT). You might describe a man as אָדִיש (ah-DEESH) or a woman as אֲדִישָׁה (ah-dee-SHAH). See if…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/לפניך-#.m4a” /]לְפָנֶיךָ The Hebrew word for before – in the physical sense of being before someone in line as well as on a timeline of before and after – is לפני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/לפניך-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/לפניך-#.m4a” /]לומדים לזחול לפני שלומדים ללכת. (We) learn to crawl before (we) learn to walk. To say before you in Hebrew, we add…