having trouble seeing the print? שִׁטְחִי, שִׁטְחִית Learn Hebrew through Israeli music. Tune in to my show Wednesdays at 12pm Israel time. Only at www.rustymike.com Yesterday I introduced the Hebrew word for flat – שָׁטוּח (shah-TOO-ahkh), which derives from the root ש.ט.ח (sh.t.kh) meaning spread out. Another related word is that for superficial – something that remains on…
תשתית If you’d prefer a larger font… Perhaps you know the word for basis or foundation, in the more abstract sense: יְסוֹד (yeh-SOHD). There’s another word, however, for the foundation or infrastructure of a house, a city, a state, etc: תַּשְׁתִּית (tahsh-TEET), such that Israel’s Ministry of Infrastructure(s) is מִשְׂרַד הַתַּשְׁתִּיוֹת (mees-RAHD hah-tahsh-tee-YOHT). Over…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-1.m4a” /]נָעִים The Hebrew word for pleasant is נעים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-1.m4a” /]. But whereas in English pleasant isn’t such a common word, Hebrew’s נעים appears in all kinds of common expressions. For instance, you may recognize נעים from the equivalent of nice to meet you – literally, very pleasant – נעים מאוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-2.m4a” /]. Another common phrase is לא נעים לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-3.m4a” /] – it’s unpleasant…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-1.m4a” /]מִכְסֶה, כִּסּוּי No, this is not about a cover song – that’s קאוור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-2.m4a” /] (also called by the rare academician, גרסת כיסוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-3.m4a” /]). This post is about the cover of a pot or a car – otherwise known as a lid or a hood. The word for these is מכסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-5.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-1.m4a” /]דֻּגְמָה The root ד.ג.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-2.m4a” /] spawns many words in Hebrew, including דוגמן/דוגמנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-3.m4a” /] – model (as in Bar Refaeli), דגימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-4.m4a” /] – sampling and דגם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-5.m4a” /] – model (think BMW i8). But perhaps the most common word derived from ד.ג.מ is דוגמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-1.m4a” /] – example. For example (לדוגמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-6.m4a” /]): [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-7.m4a” /]אני לא…