how to say “to play (an instrument)” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /]שׁוֹרָשִׁים If you’ve been following Your Daily Dose of Hebrew for a while, you’ve seen me refer to Hebrew roots many a time. But what’s the word in Hebrew? שורש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /] is a root, and שורשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /] are roots – and not only of words, but of plants, as well as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/עייף-#.m4a” /]עָיֵף If you’re tired, you’re not alone. I bet at least 50% of this post’s readers can say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/עייף-#.m4a” /]אני עייף. I’m tired. (if they’re male) or [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/עייף-#.m4a” /]אני עייפה. I’m tired. (if they’re female) How about tiredness? In English we don’t use it so much, but in Hebrew we do. The…

פָּזִיז If you’re like me and sometimes act on impulse without thinking, raise your hand. Like many words that came into Hebrew in the modern era, the foreign אימפולסיבי is the word of choice for many Israelis. Still, another much more ancient word  – פזיז – can be found in Hebrew conversation as well. For…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקיפות-1.m4a” /]שְׁקִיפוּת When I say transparency, I’m not talking about a plastic slide placed in a projector (Don’t know what I’m talking about? You were probably born after 1990). That is שקופית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקיפות-2.m4a” /]. Rather, I’m referring to transparency in the abstract sense – that virtue of today’s most healthily growing companies and the noblest of nonprofits,…