how to say “without” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/משהו-עובר-עליו-#.m4a” /]מַשֶּׁהוּ עוֹבֵר עָלָיו Here’s another expression whose English version is very close to the Hebrew meaning: עבר עליו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/משהו-עובר-עליו-#.m4a” /] means came over him, or literally, passed over him. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/משהו-עובר-עליו-#.m4a” /]משהו עובר עליו, אבל אני לא יודע מה. Something has come over him, but I don’t know what. see full conversation In…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-1.m4a” /]לָעוּף, לָטוּס How do you say to fly in Hebrew? Depend on who’s flying. If it’s a bird or another organism, the word is לעוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-2.m4a” /]. For example:   [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-3.m4a” /]עוף, גוזל. Fly away, little bird. But if what’s flying (or the one doing the work involved in flying) is an inanimate object,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עשן-1.m4a” /]עָשָׁן Smoking, in Hebrew, is עישון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עשן-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עשן-3.m4a” /]העישון אסור. No smoking. (literally, the smoking is forbidden) עישון comes from לעשן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עשן-4.m4a” /], an active-intensive פיעל verb deriving from the word עשן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עשן-1.m4a” /] – smoke. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עשן-5.m4a” /]יש פה ריח של עשן. It smells like smoke here.