how to say “capable” in Hebrew
But enough about grammar.
Suppose you’re with a friend at the British Museum, and your friend doesn’t know how to read the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone. You might say about yourself, I can! or I’m capable!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-1.m4a” /]הַחֶבְרָה The letters ח.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-2.m4a” /] form a very common root in Hebrew, representing the concept of connection. This root appears in words such as חברים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-3.m4a” /] – friends, להתחבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-4.m4a” /] – to connect, and חברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-5.m4a” /] – society, more typically seen as החברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-1.m4a” /] – literally, the society. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-6.m4a” /]אי אפשר להאשים את החברה…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּשָׁרָה listen and repeat Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us An important tool for conflict resolution is compromise. The Hebrew word for a compromise is פְּשָׁרָה ( listen and repeat), while to compromise is the reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb, לְהִתְפַּשֵּׁר ( listen and repeat). (To compromise in the sense of compromising safety is לְסַכֵּן ( listen and repeat) – also to endanger.)…
פִּטְרִיּוֹת, אִטְרִיּוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Some words are good to learn in pairs. The Hebrew words for mushroom and noodles are a great example. Mushrooms in Hebrew are פִּטְרִיּוֹת listen and repeat, while a single mushroom is a פִּטְרִיָּה listen and repeat. Noodles are אִטְרִיּוֹת listen and repeat,…
מָתוּן listen to this word pronounced Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by… The edge of something is the קָצֶה (kah-TSEH); someone “on the edge” or extreme is קִיצוֹנִי (kee-tsoh-NEE). But someone moderate or level-headed – in ideology or in relationships – is מָתוּן. My 2am not-delving-into-it theory is that the…