how to say “indeed” in Hebrew
בְּרַחֲבֵי הָאָרֶץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברחבי-הארץ-1.mp3″ /] When Hebrew speakers ask me where Ulpan La-Inyan is located, I answer: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברחבי-הארץ-2.mp3″ /]המשרד שלנו בירושלים, אבל יש לנו שלוחות ברחבי הארץ. Our office is in Jerusalem, but we have branches all over the country. ברחבי הארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברחבי-הארץ-1.mp3″ /] means literally, in the expanses of the land, where the core word in…
having trouble seeing the print? עֹדֶף Class starts January 29th! Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings now also in Ramat Beit Shemesh! This Biblical Hebrew word means excess or surplus – in Modern Hebrew, its main meaning is change in the form of coins or that which one receives after paying too much…
רְחִיפָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-1.mp3″ /] So you’ve been staying in your צִימֶר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-2.mp3″ /] (private guest house) in the coastal town of Netanya. You surfed all morning. Now it’s time for some airborne action. The Hebrew term for paragliding is רְחִיפָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-1.mp3″ /], coming from the root ר.ח.פ (r.kh.p) meaning hovering. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-3.mp3″ /]אֲנִי מְפַחֵד…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-1.m4a” /]מָנוֹעַ חִפּוּשׂ To search in Hebrew is לחפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-3.m4a” /]סליחה, אני מחפשת את הדואר. Excuse me, I (a female) am looking for the post office. Following the active-intensive verb pattern, the act of searching is חיפוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-4.m4a” /]. And since an engine is a מנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-5.m4a” /], a search engine is a…