weekly VIDEO dose – how to wish someone a long life in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /]לְמַלֵּא To fill something up is למלא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /]דוד, מילאת דלק? David, did you fill up gas? and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /]הוא מילא את הבקבוק במיץ תפוזים. He filled up the bottle with orange juice. You may have heard Israelis saying למלאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /] instead of…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /]נִבְחֶרֶת Technically, sports team is קבוצת ספורט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /]. But the more common term, at least when speaking of professional sports, is נבחרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /] – literally, the chosen. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /]בשבוע הבא נבחרת ישראל תשחק נגד קרואטיה. Next week the Israel team will play against Croatia. נבחרת comes from נפעל verb…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /]עַמּוּד, טוּר, עַמּוּדָה Before it was lines on a piece of paper (or in a spreadsheet), a column was that which supports a surface raised above the ground. Such a column (or pole, for that matter) is called עמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /]העמוד הזה מפוסל בצורה אומנותית. This column is sculpted…