weekly video dose – how to say “to complain” in Hebrew
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having trouble seeing the print? הַכֶּסֶף מְדַבֵּר Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program Some Hebrew expressions translate directly from the English. One such example is the concept that אַבְרָהָם teaches in the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world, in which he insists on paying for מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה – The…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-1.m4a” /]לַעֲבוֹר דִירָה Usually, English is the one with several words for one in Hebrew. To move is an exception, with לזוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-2.m4a” /] meaning to move as in not to stand still, להזיז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-3.m4a” /] meaning to move something else, and לעבור דירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-1.m4a” /] meaning to move (house), where דירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-4.m4a” /] means apartment or, more generally, place…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לספק-את-הסחורה-5.m4a” /]לְסַפֵּק אֶת הַסְּחוֹרָה To deliver the goods means to get the job done – to perform as expected. Hebrew’s expression for this is לספק את הסחורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לספק-את-הסחורה-5.m4a” /] – literally, to provide the merchandise (the goods), though the expression is not limited to the provision of physical merchandise. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לספק-את-הסחורה-2.m4a” /]המרצה הזה באמת מספק…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מידע-מסווג-1.m4a” /]מֵידָע מְסֻוָּג The Hebrew word for information, מידע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מידע-מסווג-2.m4a” /], comes from the root י.ד.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מידע-מסווג-3.m4a” /] meaning knowing. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מידע-מסווג-4.m4a” /]למידע נוסף, יש להקיש אחת. For more information, (one must) press one. But what about the word for classified – restricted to only certain people, or a type or class of people? For that, Hebrew…