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how to say “from top to bottom” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מקצה-לקצה-#.m4a” /]מִקָּצֶה לְקָצֶה I learned this English expression from watching Gillian Anderson’s Margaret Thatcher in Netflix’s The Crown, who made it her business to reform Britain “from top to bottom.” Hebrew’s equivalent is מקצה לקצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מקצה-לקצה-#.m4a” /] – from edge to edge. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מקצה-לקצה-#.m4a” /]שינויים כאלה, מקצה לקצה, לוקחים זמן. Changes like these,…
how to say “unpleasantness” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /]אִי-נְעִימוּת Unpleasantness is a dictionary word in English, but it’s hardly used – unlike its Hebrew counterpart אי-נעימות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /], an expression that is very much alive in Israeli culture. For example, at the Ben Gurion airport, you’ll hear something like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-2.m4a” /]נא להימנע מאי-נעימות מיותרת הכרוכה בגרירת רכב. Please avoid unnecessary…
weekly VIDEO dose of Hebrew – three ways to say “to listen”
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weekly video dose – how to say “abstinence” in Hebrew
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how to say “too much for me” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /]גָּדוֹל עָלַי, כָּבֵד עָלַי In Hebrew, when we want to express that something is too much for me to handle, we might say זה יותר מדי בשבילי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, it’s too much for me, but we’re more likely to use one of two other expressions: גדול עלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, big…
how to say “fragile” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]שָׁבִיר The Hebrew word for to break is the simple verb לשבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]אני לא שברתי את הקערה! I didn’t break the bowl! Something breakable – or fragile – is שביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /], a word of the same root as לשבור. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]ספלים מחרסינה הם שבירים ביותר. Porcelain…
