how to say “shark” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /]שִׁיפּוּדִים In English, the word skewers might get you thinking of a barbecue. The Hebrew word שיפודים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /] does the same. To get specific with the type of meat (or vegetables) on the skewer, you’d turn שיפודים into שיפודי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /] – literally, skewers of – and then add the item of your…
תַּיָּרוּת Can’t read Hebrew yet? While a tour in Modern Hebrew is a סִיּוּר , a tourist is a תַּיָּר (a male) or a תַּיֶּרֶת (a female). The latter words – תייר and תיירת – come from the biblical story of the spies sent to scout the land of Canaan (Israel): לָתוּר אֶת אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן …
זָקֵן, יָשָׁן, וכו. Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, we might call a person old (albeit not very politely) just as we might call a tree old. In Hebrew, we’ve got different terms for old people, animals and things. זקן, זקנה An old or elderly person might be called זָקֵןif he’s a man and זְקֵנָהif…
having trouble seeing the print? סוֹף הַדֶּרֶךְ When I hear the English expression, the end of the road, the first thing that comes to my mind is the song by Boyz II Men. In English, the end of the road connotes the end of a relationship or process, sometimes the end of a life. …