review and own the words from our Passover video!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /]בְּחִירָה, מִבְחָר Elections are coming up (again) in Israel. The Hebrew word for them is בחירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /] – literally, choices, while בחירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /] is a choice. בחירה can also mean a selection in the sense of the selection of a particular item. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /]אז מה הבחירה הסופית שלך, הספה הכחולה או…



[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /]זֶה לֹא בּוֹעֵר I’m in a rush in Hebrew is אני ממהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] if you’re male and אני ממהרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] if you’re female. But for there’s no rush, Hebrew has a more colorful, flagrant expression: זה לא בוער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] – literally, it’s not burning. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /]שרה, את יכולה לשלוח…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /]כּוֹלֵל, לְרַבּוֹת Hebrew has two words for including, one for everyday speech and the other for more formal, often legalistic situations. כולל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /] is the common one. It’s a form of the simple verb לכלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /] – to include, and is related to the word הכול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /] – everything. For example:…