how to say “quality” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /]שִׁתּוּף פְּעֻלָּה The Hebrew phrase for cooperation is שיתוף פעולה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /], literally sharing of action, where שיתוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /] means sharing and פעולה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /] means action. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /]הצלחה היא לעיתים קרובות פריו של שיתוף פעולה מבורך. Success is oftentimes the fruit of blessed cooperation. I am sending you this extra dose…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/בדיוק-כמוני-1.m4a” /]בְּדִיּוּק כָּמוֹנִי In Hebrew, if you want to express that someone (or something) is just like someone (or something) else, you’d use the word בדיוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/בדיוק-כמוני-2.m4a” /] – exactly, followed by some form of כמו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/בדיוק-כמוני-3.m4a” /] – like. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/בדיוק-כמוני-4.m4a” /]היא נראית בדיוק כמו אמא שלה. She looks just like…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-1.m4a” /]מַשְׁמָעוּתִי The Hebrew word משמעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-2.m4a” /] – significance – comes from the word משמע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-3.m4a” /], which means meaning. משמע itself comes from the root ש.מ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-4.m4a” /] meaning hearing: an idea becomes meaningful when we first hear it (or see it in print, now that most Westerners can read) – only then can we internalize it. For example,…
having trouble seeing the print? גָּמוּר, מַסְטוּל This one’s for Ilana in NYC. While some refrain from excessive celebration on פּוּרִים (poo-REEM), others… just go for it. Once they’ve done so, many of them find themselves passed out on the couch. One might point to him and say, הוּא גָּמוּר לְגַמְרֵי (hoo gah-MOOR leh-GAHM-reh –…