how to say you have “command of a language” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/סירים-#.m4a” /]סִירִים While in English we talk about both pots and pans, in Hebrew we don’t use the literal סירים ומחבתות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/סירים-#.m4a” /], but rather just refer to the pans – סירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/סירים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/סירים-#.m4a” /]שים את זה במקום, אורי, איפה שכל הסירים. Put it back (in its place), Uri, where all…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]יִהְיֶה אֶפְשָׁר The word אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /] means it’s possible, as well as one may, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]אפשר להיכנס? May I come in? But what if you want to say that something was possible or will be possible? Just add a word for was: היה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /] ( if what was possible is feminine, הייתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]) …or…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להעביר-את-השרביט-1.m4a” /]לְהַעֲבִיר אֶת הַשַּׁרְבִיט A generation goes and another takes over – in life, as well as in government and in organizations. To pass or to hand over the baton is the act of one person in power and authority empowering a successor. The Hebrew expression for this is להעביר את השרביט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להעביר-את-השרביט-1.m4a” /] – literally, to pass the scepter (also baton)….