[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לנעול-נעליים-#.m4a” /]לִנְעֹל נַעֲלַיִם Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew word for to lock is לנעול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לנעול-נעליים-#.m4a” /]. Well, it turns out that לנעול also means to wear or to put on… when speaking about shoes. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לנעול-נעליים-#.m4a” /]ילדים, נעלתם נעליים? Kids, have you put on (your) shoes? I’m not 100% sure the two לנעולs are…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /]הִגִּיעַ הַזְּמַן To ask someone what time it is in Hebrew, you’d say ?מה השעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /]. This means literally, what is the hour? The Hebrew word for time itself, though, is זמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /]. And to say, it’s about time, you’d say the time has arrived – הגיע הזמן.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /] For example: הגיע הזמן שתתחילו…
לׁא מֵהָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לא-מהעולם-הזה-1.mp3″ /] Lots of English expressions have found their way into Modern Hebrew. The Hebrew version of out of this world is לא מהעולם הזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לא-מהעולם-הזה-1.mp3″ /] – literally, not from this world. The expression calls to mind the idea of a world beyond the one we perceive with the five senses, so that what…
בֶּן/בַּת אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה In English, if you want to tell someone your age, you might say I’m twenty five. But if you say אני עשרים וחמש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בן-ארבע-עשרה-2.m4a” /] in Hebrew, you’ll sound awkward and your non-native status will be picked up immediately. Hebrew’s way of expressing age is to say son – בן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בן-ארבע-עשרה-3.m4a” /] – or daughter –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-1.m4a” /]כְּבִישׁ מִתְפַּתֵּל While רחוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-2.m4a” /] is street, כביש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-3.m4a” /] is road. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-4.m4a” /]לא הולכים ברגל בכביש המהיר. (You/they/we) don’t walk on the highway (fast road). A winding road is כביש מתפתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-1.m4a” /], where מתפתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-5.m4a” /] comes form the reflexive התפעל verb להתפתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-6.m4a” /] of the root פ.ת.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-7.m4a” /]….