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having trouble seeing the print? מַעֲרֶכֶת הַחִסּוּן check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings It’s winter for most of us, and we’re aware that it’s time to shift into high gear with strengthening our immune systems. In Biblical and early Rabbinic times, however, people didn’t know of such physiological systems, so there…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/שוב-#.m4a” /]עוֹד פַּעַם, שׁוּב There are two ways to say again in Hebrew: עוד פעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/שוב-#.m4a” /] – literally, another time, and שוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/שוב-#.m4a” /]. עוד פעם is informal, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/שוב-#.m4a” /]עוד פעם סתימה בכיור? מה יהיה? Again (there’s) blockage in the sink? What’s gonna be? שוב, on the other hand, can be used…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]חָמוּץ The word for sour in Hebrew is חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]. It works both physically – מלפפון חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /] is a pickle (literally a sour cucumber) – as well as figuratively: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]למה הפרצוף החמוץ? Why the sour face? A sour taste is often connected to fermentation, such as that of cucumbers becoming…
תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for stone is אֶבֶן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-2.mp3″ /]. Although it doesn’t sound like one, this word is feminine, so that precious stones are אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-3.mp3″ /]. The word for period of time is תְּקוּפָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-4.mp3″ /]. When connected to another word in an “of relationship” (the construct state), תקופה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-1.m4a” /]מִינִים בְּסַכָּנַת הַכְחָדָה Yesterday we saw the scientific word for species – מין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-2.m4a” /]. What about a species that is endangered? That’s מין בסכנת הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-3.m4a” /], literally, species in danger of extinction. Broken down: בסכנת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-4.m4a” /] – in danger of הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-5.m4a” /] – extinction For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-6.m4a” /]היא סיימה…