WEEKLY VIDEO DOSE – how to say “made in Israel” (or literally, “product of Israel”)

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-1.m4a” /]שֶׁקַע חַשְׁמַלִּי The Hebrew word for outlet or socket is שקע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-2.m4a” /]. The word’s three letters form the root ש.ק.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-3.m4a” /], which means to sink: a שקע is sunken into a wall. To refer specifically to an electrical outlet, the expression is שקע חשמלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-1.m4a” /]. For example, if you need to charge your phone,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-1.m4a” /]טָרִי Although you might have eaten at a restaurant in Jerusalem called פרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-2.m4a” /], the true Hebrew word for fresh is טרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-3.m4a” /]בשוק מחנה יהודה קונים ירקות טריים וטעימים. At the Mahane Yehuda market, (you can) buy fresh, tasty vegetables. There, you a seller might try to…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבין-ב-#.m4a” /]אֲנִי לֹא מֵבִין בְּ… The Hebrew word for expert is מומחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבין-ב-#.m4a” /] for a male and מומחית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבין-ב-#.m4a” /] for a female. But to say I’m not much of an expert in something in a more informal sense, Hebrew has a special expression: -אני לא מבינה ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבין-ב-#.m4a” /] if you’re a female, and…