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how to say “snail mail” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-1.m4a” /]דוֹאַר אִטִי, דוֹאַר שַׁבְּלוּל In English, snail and mail rhyme. Since Hebrew’s words for snail – שבלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-2.m4a” /] or חילזון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-3.m4a” /], and mail – דואר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-4.m4a” /], don’t rhyme, there isn’t such a catchy term for the type of mail that requires physical shipment and delivery. You may hear דואר שבלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-5.m4a” /] – literally, snail…
how to say “working together” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /]עוֹבְדִים בְּצַוְתָּא The generic and literal expression for working together is עובדים ביחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /]אנחנו עובדים ביחד כבר עשר שנים. We’ve been working together already for ten years. A more colorful expression is עובדים בצוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], where צוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], an Aramaic word, means togetherness. For example:…
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how to say “an educated person” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מלומד-1.m4a” /]אָדָם מַשְׂכִּיל, אָדָם מְלֻמָּד The Hebrew word חינוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מלומד-2.m4a” /] means education when referring to non-collegiate learning, or to moral education such as that received at home. When talking about education as in higher education, the word is השכלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מלומד-3.m4a” /], a noun form of the active-causative verb להשכיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מלומד-4.m4a” /] – a higher-register word for to learn, to study and…
how to say “fellow human being” in Hebrew
הַזּוּלָת Can’t read Hebrew yet? זוּלָה in Biblical Hebrew means removing from or except for, always used in the construct state – where the letter ה (h) at the end becomes a ת (t), or a ת with a suffix – as in: זוּלָתִי כָּלֵב בֶּן יְפֻנֶּה, הוּא יִרְאֶנָּה… except for Caleb…
