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having trouble seeing the print? שִנָּנִית Get talking… in Hebrew. Class starts THIS SUNDAYin four locations with Ulpan La-Inyan. Ever run out of dental floss? I did this week… and my dental hygienist might give me a scolding if I don’t replace it soon. The Academy of the Hebrew Language came up with an…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]לְהִיכָּנַע, לְוַותֵּר The Hebrew word for to give up is להיכנע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], a נפעל verb of the root כ.נ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /] meaning surrender. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]הוא לא נכנע ללחצים חברתיים. He doesn’t give in to social pressures. Another word sometimes used as to give up is the פיעל verb לוותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּנִימִי, חִיצוֹנִי listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Deadline This Sunday – Register Now! In yesterday’s dose, we saw the Hebrew expressions for introvert and extrovert. Something internal in Hebrew is פְּנִימִי listen and repeat, coming from the root פ.נ.מ (p.n.m) meaning…
תייר, תיירת I’m writing to you from an Internet center (“centre”) in Central London. I just spent the afternoon touring with a friend. We went to the British Museum, the Wallace Collection and walked around Oxford Street. London’s a cool place. In the next couple days perhaps I’ll upload a picture/photo of my trip/journey (mixing…
