[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-1.m4a” /]דִּירָה Today דירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-1.m4a” /] refers to apartment, but the term originally meant dwelling in the general sense. Here’s an example of today’s usage: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-2.m4a” /]כמה חדרי שינה יש בדירה? How many bedrooms are there in the apartment? Note that the speaker here specified bedrooms. Usually, Israeli apartment hunters ask: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דירה-3.m4a” /]כמה חדרים יש בדירה? How…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נר-לאחד-1.m4a” /]נֵר לְאֶחָד נֵר לְמֵאָה Last night Jews lit the eighth candle of חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נר-לאחד-2.m4a” /] – Hanukkah, the last candle of the festival. So many flames look beautiful, but even one candle can provide light to multitudes. This the rabbis of the Talmud observed (שבת קכא עמוד א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נר-לאחד-3.m4a” /] Shabbat 121A) with their statement, נר…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-1.m4a” /]שֶׁלֶט עֲצֹר The term for stop sign they teach in Israeli drivers education is תמרור עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-2.m4a” /] – literally, stop signpost. However, most Israelis call that red and white hand symbol שלט עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-1.m4a” /] – stop sign, where שלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-3.m4a” /] means posted sign just like any other, and !עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-4.m4a” /] is the imperative (command)…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעשע-#.m4a” /]מְשַׁעֲשֵׁעַ The word לשעשע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעשע-#.m4a” /] means to entertain or to amuse. It’s sometimes used sarcastically, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעשע-#.m4a” /]זה ממש משעשע לראות כמה זמן לוקח לקבל דואר בישראל. It’s really entertaining to see how long it takes to receive mail in Israel. משעשע is a form of the פיעל verb, לשעשע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/משעשע-#.m4a” /].
לִקְרַב The Hebrew root ק.ר.ב (k.r.b) is the concept of closeness. It’s one of a handful of verb roots that have meaning when used in all seven Modern Hebrew verb forms (בִּנְיָנִים – been-yah-NEEM). Today I’m introducing you to the first one; the others I’ll introduce throughout the week. In the simple form (קַל…