how to say “chauffeur” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /]בְּכֹשֶׁר (בְּכֹּשֶׁר) We may tend to think of the Hebrew word כשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /] as meaning edible by observant Jews – in other words, kosher. And indeed, כשר means fit to be consumed or done. So it makes sense that the word for fitness is כושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to be in shape is להיות בכושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /], or…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שלילי-#.m4a” /]שְׁלִילִי The Hebrew word for positive is חיובי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שלילי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שלילי-#.m4a” /]יש לי רגשות חיוביים כלפיה. I have positive feelings towards her. Its opposite, negative, is שלילי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שלילי-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שלילי-#.m4a” /]יש השלכות, אבל הן לאו דווקא שליליות. There are consequences, but they aren’t necessarily negative. שלילי is related to…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בדיכאון-1.m4a” /]בְּדִכָּאוֹן When I was in graduate school for psychology, whenever I would read about a psychiatric disorder, I would start to see the symptoms in myself. If I was learning about paranoid schizophrenia, I would start imagining that people were stalking me. If it was anxiety, I’d get jittery. And when we learned about depression, my life would…

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 . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גורד-שחקים-1.m4a” /]גּוֹרֵד שְׁחָקִים While most Israelis are likely to refer to a really tall building as a סקייסקרייפר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גורד-שחקים-2.m4a” /], the authentic Hebrew term is גורד שחקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גורד-שחקים-1.m4a” /]. גורד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גורד-שחקים-3.m4a” /] means scraping. Likewise, לגרד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גורד-שחקים-8.m4a” /] means to itch or to scratch. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גורד-שחקים-4.m4a” /]מגרד לי ביד. My arm itches (literally, it’s itching me on the arm). And…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /]עָצְמָתִי The basic Hebrew word for power or energy is כוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /]אין לי כוח! I don’t have energy! (I don’t feel like it!) But the adjective form, כוחני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /], means forceful, which has a negative connotation. So what’s the word for powerful, which has a positive connotation? That’s עוצמתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /],…