how to say “not to THAT extent…” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/אבו-דאבי-#.m4a” /]אַבּוּ דַּאבִּי, אַב הַצְּבִי When speaking of the national capital of the United Arab Emirates, Israelis say אבו דאבי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/אבו-דאבי-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/אבו-דאבי-#.m4a” /]קורץ לי לטוס לאבו דאבי. I feel like flying to Abu Dhabi. But if we do some comparative Semitics, we’ll find that Israelis could, if they wished, translate…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי חוֹזֵר If you’ve taken a course with Ulpan La-Inyan, you’ve heard the instruction: הקשיבו וחזרו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-2.m4a” /] – listen and repeat. Broken down, that phrase comprises: הקשיבו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-3.m4a” /] – listen, when speaking to more than one person. It’s an imperative (command) form of להקשיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-4.m4a” /] – to listen. חזרו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-5.m4a” /] – repeat, an imperative…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-1.m4a” /]מוּסָךְ A garage is a place for cars – for storage or for fixing. Until Modern Hebrew came up with מוסך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-1.m4a” /], Israelis used ‘גאראג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-2.m4a” /] to refer to such a haven. מוסך comes from the root ס.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-3.m4a” /], the same as that of the leafy roof of a Sukkah (as well…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הכל-מסודר-#.m4a” /]הַכֹּל מְסֻדָּר One of the most common expressions in Hebrew is הכל בסדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הכל-מסודר-#.m4a” /] – everything’s okay, literally, everything’s in order. The Hebrew word סדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הכל-מסודר-#.m4a” /] means order. It’s also the name of the Jewish Passover night event, the Seder, since this event is well organized with a proper order of…