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Weekly YDDH Review
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
how to say “speech” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? דִּבּוּר, נְאוּם There’s still room in our post-holidays classes. What’s your conversational-Hebrew level? Truth is, the appropriate word for speech in Hebrew depends on what you mean. Speech, as in the gerund form of the word speak – the act of speaking, is דִּבּוּר (dee-BOOR). But if you are referring to speech in the elegant,…
how to say “to like” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לֶאֱהוֹב, לְחַבֵּב, לִמְצוֹא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי… learn Hebrew through Israeli music In English, there’s to like something (or someone), and then there’s to love something (or someone). Hebrew uses the word לֶאֱהוֹב (an active-simple פָּעַל verb) for both like and love, so that you’ll find people saying: הִיא אוֹהֶבֶת בְּרוֹקוֹלִי. She likes broccoli. just as…
daily video – how to say “colleague” in Hebrew
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “wild animals” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? חַיּוֹת בַּר Hebrew courses starting Sunday in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Rehovot My recent reading and watching of Life of Pi leaves me inspired to share with you a piece on the Hebrew expression for wild animals: חַיּוֹת בַּר . In Rabbinic literature, חַיָּה (coming from the word חָי meaning living) refers specifically to a non-domesticated animal, while…
how to say “bright” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהיר-1.m4a” /]בָּהִיר People can be bright – or smart, intelligent. That’s מבריק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהיר-2.m4a” /] (brilliant – referring to a male) and מבריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהיר-3.m4a” /] (brilliant – referring to a female) in Hebrew, or simply חכם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהיר-4.m4a” /] and חכמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהיר-5.m4a” /]. But if your computer screen is bright or the day, or anything else physical, for that matter, is bright, the…