[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /]לְבַד The basic word for alone is לבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /]השאירו אותו לבד בבית. They left him home alone (alone, at home). If you’re writing something a bit flowery, you might want to pin an ending on לבד as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /]כל אנשי הצוות המקוריים עזבו, והיא נותרה לבדה….
מִפְלָגָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Elections are taking place in Israel tomorrow, so here’s the word for political party: מִפְלָגָה listen and repeat. For example: לְאֵיזוֹ מִפְלָגָה אַתְּ מַצְבִּיעָה? Which party are you (a female) voting for? listen Though the concept of political party is a modern…
תָּמִים, נָאִיבִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The proper Hebrew word for naive is תָּמִים listen and repeat, as appears in Danny Sanderson’s זֶה הַכֹּל בִּשְׁבִילֵךְ listen and repeat – This Is All for You: אוֹ, דּוֹן קִישׁוֹט, אַל תִּהְיֶה כָּל כָּךְ תָּמִים. Oh, Don Quixote, don’t be so naive. listen But…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /]עוֹבְדִים בְּצַוְתָּא The generic and literal expression for working together is עובדים ביחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /]אנחנו עובדים ביחד כבר עשר שנים. We’ve been working together already for ten years. A more colorful expression is עובדים בצוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], where צוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], an Aramaic word, means togetherness. For example:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /]מַה יֵלֵד יוֹם This expression comes straight from the Bible: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /]אַל-תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר; כִּי לֹא-תֵדַע מַה-יֵּלֶד יוֹם. (משלי כ”ז, א’) Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Proverbs 27:1) מה ילד יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /] means literally, what tomorrow will give birth to. Here’s an…