how to say “to unwind” in Hebrew
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לְהִתְפָּרֵק is a reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb. It means literally to come apart or to fall apart.
For example:
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| before Hurricane Sandy |
לְהִתְפָּרֵק is a reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb. It means literally to come apart or to fall apart.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]שְׁנוֹת הַשְּׁמוֹנִים While the Hebrew word for eight is שמונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] (or שמונָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] if what we’re counting are masculine nouns), eighty is שמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]הוא צודק שמונים אחוז מהזמן. He’s right eighty percent of the time. The eighties is שנות השמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] – literally, the years…
להזדהות If you’ve made aliyah, you surely know the term for ID card – תְּעוּדַת זֶהוּת (teh-oo-DAHT zeh-HOOT). The root of זהות – identity – is ז.ה.ה (z.h.h). To identity with someone or something is לְהִזְדָּהוֹת (leh-heez-dah-HOHT). For example, הוּא מִזְדָּהֶה עִם הָעָם הַיְּהוּדִי (hoo meez-dah-HEH eem hah-AHM hah-yeh-hoo-DEE) – he identifies with the Jewish…
לַחְגּוֹר חֲגוֹרָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחגור-חגורה-1.mp3″ /] English has a couple of generic words for donning any article of clothing – to put on, to dress oneself in, to wear. Hebrew has a special verb for many different articles, sometimes deriving from the name of the article itself. For example, to put on a belt is לַחְגּוֹר חֲגוֹרָה[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/יציבה-#.m4a” /]יְצִיבָה The Hebrew word for stable or sturdy is יציב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/יציבה-#.m4a” /], of the root י.צ.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/יציבה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/יציבה-#.m4a” /]תיזהרו, השולחן הזה לא יציב. Be careful, this table isn’t stable. Likewise, the word for posture is יציבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/יציבה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/יציבה-#.m4a” /]אחד היתרונות של יוגה הוא שיפור ביציבה. One…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-1.m4a” /]לְהַמְשִׁיךְ, לְהִמָּשֵׁךְ If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the expression: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-2.m4a” /]אתה ממשיך ישר… You continue straight… That’s speaking to a male. To a female its: את ממשיכה ישר…[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-3.m4a” /] ממשיך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-4.m4a” /] and ממשיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-5.m4a” /] are usages of the active-causative verb להמשיך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-6.m4a” /] – to continue…