how to say “discounted price” in Hebrew


[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-1.m4a” /]שְׁחִיתוּת The Hebrew word for corruption is שחיתות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-1.m4a” /], of the root ש.ח.ת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-2.m4a” /]. This root is very similar to ש.ח.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-3.m4a” /], which means slaughter. The connection between the two ideas isn’t too difficult to imagine. Here’s שחיתות in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/שחיתות-4.m4a” /]מדינת ישראל מנסה להתנקות משחיתות. The State of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עזרה-לזולת-1.m4a” /]עֶזְרָה לַזּוּלָת People respond to suffering in different ways. Some get angry, while others withdraw. Some repress, while others scream out. Some respond by making it their business to alleviate the suffering of others. To help others is, in Hebrew, לעזור לזולת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עזרה-לזולת-2.m4a” /] – literally, to help the other. And the idea of helping others is…
Classes begin today with Ulpan La-Inyan Level 2 at AACI Jerusalem and Levels 1, 3 and 5 at AACI Central (Tel Aviv) begin today. Level 4 begins tomorrow in Jerusalem. Level 1 in Jerusalem was cancelled, but suddenly we’re getting more interest, so we might open up the class over the next few days….
חַיַּת מַחְמָד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-1.mp3″ /] While חיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-2.wav” /] is the generic Hebrew word for animal, חית מחמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-1.mp3″ /] is a pet – literally, a precious animal. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-3.mp3″ /]אני גר ליד חנות מזון לחיות מחמד. I live near a pet food shop (a shop of food for pets). Some other more specific kinds of חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-4.mp3″ /]…
לְהִתְנַשֵּׁק Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday we saw the various Hebrew words for hug. Today we’ll look at kissing, which has a similar grammar. The root of kissing – נ.שׁ.ק (n.sh.k) – is the same as that of a weapon – נֶשֶׁק – not because of the “kiss of death”, but probably because…