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how to say “cookies” in Hebrew

how to say “cookies” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]עוּגִיּוֹת Cookie or biscuit? To each his own dialect of English, but the digital world has decided that those trackers we’re asked to accept upon visiting websites are called cookies. In Hebrew, both the digital and the delicious are called עוגיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /], while a single cookie is עוגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]הילד אוכל…

off for the holiday

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת     Dear Ktzat Ivrit enthusiast, I am minimizing the amount of work I’m doing during the Sukkot festival – חג הסוכות, so there will be no new posts until next Tuesday. In the meantime, enjoy this heartwarming film about the people of Haredi Jerusalem and חג הסוכות, and learn…

how to say “anthem” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המנון-1.m4a” /]הִמְנוֹן Hebrew’s word for anthem – המנון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המנון-#.m4a” /] – borrows from the Greek ύμνος – hymnos. The national anthem or literally the state anthem is המנון המדינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המנון-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המנון-#.m4a” /]המנון מדינת ישראל הינו “התקווה”. Israel’s national anthem is HaTikvah. (literally, The Hope) Listen to and learn התקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המנון-#.m4a” /] here. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המנון-#.m4a” /]חג…

how to say “tumor” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /]גִּדּוּל Yesterday we saw that to raise a child is לגדל ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-2.m4a” /]. This active-intensive verb לגדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-3.m4a” /] has a corresponding noun form – גידול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /], so that raising children is גידול ילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-4.m4a” /]. But the word גידול also means a growth or a tumor, so you’re more likely to hear people avoid…