listen and repeat – when they created tailored a word for this invention of modern times. שִׁלְשׁוֹם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Today, in Hebrew, is הַיּוֹם listen and repeat. Yesterday is אֶתְמוֹל listen and repeat. And two days ago? That’s שִׁלְשׁוֹם listen and repeat. For example: דִּבַּרְתִּי אִתּוֹ שִׁלְשׁוֹם. I spoke with him the day before yesterday. listen The modern usage of שלשום…
having trouble seeing the print? אֲפִיָּה Class starts January 29th! Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! I just made a pot of delicious rice with raisins and pine nuts for שַׁבָּת – Shabbat. It came out pretty good, if I do say so myself. That’s בִּשּׁוּל (bee-SHOOL) – cooking, the abstract noun of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]לֵב שָׁבוּר You may know the Hebrew word for heart – לב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]. You may also know the simple verb לשבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /] – to break. So a broken heart is לב שבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]מי לא סבל פעם מלב שבור? Who hasn’t suffered once from a broken heart? Likewise, heartbreak is…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּנִימִי, חִיצוֹנִי listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Deadline This Sunday – Register Now! In yesterday’s dose, we saw the Hebrew expressions for introvert and extrovert. Something internal in Hebrew is פְּנִימִי listen and repeat, coming from the root פ.נ.מ (p.n.m) meaning…
Correction to earlier post: A couple of readers pointed out to me that while Israel’s diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan, the stock exchange is in Tel Aviv. This information is now reflected in the corresponding post. אַכְזָבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אכזבה-1.mp3″ /] Disappointment is that feeling we get after being let down after we had formed an expectation….