how to say “technical difficulty” (solved) in Hebrew
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In celebration of Israel’s 70th, the Academy of the Hebrew Language – האקדמיה ללשון העברית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עשורים-1.m4a” /] – opened up a vote to the Hebrew-speaking public for the most Israeli word for each of Israel’s 7 decades. We at Ulpan La-Inyan thought it apt to introduce these words to you, to help you increase your…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קינמון-#.m4a” /]קִינָּמוֹן The Hebrew word for cinnamon is קינמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קינמון-#.m4a” /]. Now, you might be thinking that this is another word borrowed from English. And while I wish I could say that the opposite is true, since קימנון appears in the Torah itself, which predates the English language by millenia, it’s far more likely…
וֶרֶד, שׁוֹשַׁנָּה Modern Hebrew has two words for rose: וֶרֶד and שׁוֹשַנָּה. Both are also names given to Israeli baby girls (שושנה is the original Hebrew for the English name Susanna), though not as often today as in previous generations. While ורד first appears in the later Mishnaic Hebrew, שושנה first appears in Biblical Hebrew…
לְצַיֵּת When driving a car, it’s most important to obey traffic laws. In Hebrew, you the italicized text above is זֶה חָשוּב בְּיוֹתֵר לְצַיֵּת לְחֻקֵּי הַנְּהִיגָה (zeh khah-SHOOV beh-yoh-TEHR leh-tsah-YET leh-khoo-KEH-ee hah-neh-hee-GAH). The word for to obey is לציית, an active-intensive פיעל verb. A Hebrew learning tool I highly recommend: