having trouble seeing the print? תַּחְפּוֹשֶׂת Level 2 Review Course Starting This Tuesday in Jerusalem And here’s the video for Purim: Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… with a special discount for YDDH enthusiasts like yourself
נְשִׁימָה עֲמֻקָּה We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! When in love or out of love, it’s important to remember to breathe – because sometimes we forget. Well, at least we might forget to breathe deeply. Take…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /]לְרַצּוֹת One of the first expressions we teach in our Level 1 course is אני רוצה – I want: אני רוצָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /] for a female, and אני רוצֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /] for a male. רוצה is a form of the simple verb לִרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /] – to want, to desire. The פיעל version of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /]שָׁנָה חֲדָשָׁה The word שנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] – year – is grammatically feminine, which means that the words describing it also need to be grammatically feminine. So that while סרט חדש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] is a new movie – where סרט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] is masculine – שנה חדשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] is a new year, where חדשה[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-1.m4a” /]בֹּץ The Hebrew word for mud is בוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-2.m4a” /]דרכת בבוץ? אתה צריך לנגב רגליים. You (a male) stepped in the mud? You need to wipe your (the) feet. Such a tangible thing as mud also serves as a symbol. Take coffee, for example – if it’s milk and sugar free, we…
having trouble seeing the print? יְצִיאַת חֵרוּם Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! The Hebrew word for emergency is חֵרוּם , as discussed here. An exit is a יְצִיאָה , coming from the active-simple verb לָצֵאת – to go out – whose root is י.צ.א (y.ts.a). When יציאה is connected to…