from snuggling to religion, here’s your review of this week’s doses of Hebrew!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-1.m4a” /]אָחִי In Biblical Hebrew, adding an ee sound to the end of a word means that that thing is mine. For example, ביתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-2.m4a” /] is my house – my בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-3.m4a” /] (house). In Modern Hebrew, we tend to use שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-4.m4a” /] instead to express possession, so that my house is הבית שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-5.m4a” /]…

בלתי מוגבל, ללא הגבלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-1.mp3″ /] In English, there’s the word unlimited as it might be used as an adjective, as in “we have an unlimited amount of…”, and there’s unlimited as it might appear in an ad: “Spaces unlimited!” Hebrew has a term for each. In adjective form, Hebrew uses בלתי מוגבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-2.mp3″ /] to describe masculine objects and…

Today's Video Below ⬇️   יוֹשְׁרָה Let me be honest with you. The Hebrew word כן - yes - also means honest, as in: אם אהיה איתכם כן…  If I’ll be honest with you guys… (Most people say כנֶה instead of כן - I explain why in today’s video.) Another word for honest is ישר - literally, straight.  Likewise, honesty is either כנות...