THIS WEEK’S VIDEO DOSE OF HEBREW – how to say “number” and what that has to do with stories and hair

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסדר-את-החדר-1.m4a” /]לְסַדֵּר אֶת הַחֶדֶר While English-speaking parents (especially North Americans) might tell their children to clean their rooms, Israeli parents would tell them to tidy or organize their rooms – לסדר את החדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסדר-את-החדר-1.m4a” /] – literally, to tidy the room. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסדר-את-החדר-2.m4a” /]תסדרי את החדר לפני שאני אתעצבן! Clean (tidy, organize) your room before I get upset!…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /]הוּא לָקַח אֶת זֶה קָשֶׁה The Hebrew word for hard or difficult is קשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /]קשה להבין אותו כשהוא מדבר. It’s hard to understand him when he speaks. To express that someone took news with difficulty or not well, Israelis say לקחת את זה קשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /] – literally, to take it…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]בָּאָפְנָה The Hebrew word for fashion is אופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-2.m4a” /]. Thus in fashion or in style is באופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-3.m4a” /]תספורת קרחת כרגע באופנה. A bald haircut is in style at the moment. אופנה derives from the use of the root א.פ.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-4.m4a” /] meaning way or manner: אופן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-5.m4a” /]. The root also…

רְחִיפָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-1.mp3″ /] So you’ve been staying in your צִימֶר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-2.mp3″ /] (private guest house) in the coastal town of Netanya. You surfed all morning. Now it’s time for some airborne action. The Hebrew term for paragliding is רְחִיפָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-1.mp3″ /], coming from the root ר.ח.פ (r.kh.p) meaning hovering. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רחיפה-3.mp3″ /]אֲנִי מְפַחֵד…