[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/שלוקר-#.m4a” /]שְׁלוּקֶר I didn’t find a more generic word for this in English, so I resorted to using the brand name Camelbak to describe a שלוקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/שלוקר-#.m4a” /], a small backpack filled with water, drawn via a tube to a hiker’s mouth. The word שלוקר comes from Yiddish (here’s a video I did a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /]אִי-נְעִימוּת Unpleasantness is a dictionary word in English, but it’s hardly used – unlike its Hebrew counterpart אי-נעימות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /], an expression that is very much alive in Israeli culture. For example, at the Ben Gurion airport, you’ll hear something like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-2.m4a” /]נא להימנע מאי-נעימות מיותרת הכרוכה בגרירת רכב. Please avoid unnecessary…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-1.m4a” /]הָעֲבוֹדָה הַיְּחִידָה שֶׁלִּי Many people in Israel work several part time jobs – משרות חלקיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-2.m4a” /], which together make up a full-time salary or more. Now, משרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-3.m4a” /] is one of the words for job. Another word is עבודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-4.m4a” /] which means literally, work. Only in Hebrew, in the sense of only one,…