how to say “imagination’ in Hebrew

  [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להגיד-1.mp3″ /]לְהַגִּיד, לוֹמַר, לֵאמֹר The most common way of saying to say in Hebrew is לְהַגִּיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להגיד-2.mp3″ /], an active-causative verb of the root נ.ג.ד (n.g.d). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להגיד-3.mp3″ /]אֲנִי רוֹצֶה לְהַגִּיד לְךָ כַּמָּה דְּבָרִים. I (a male) want to say a few things to you. In spoken Hebrew, this verb is…

הַקֹּטֶב הַצְּפוֹנִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קוטב-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word קֹטֶב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קוטב-2.mp3″ /] means pole, as in one of two points at the ends of an object. Thus הַקֹּטֶב הַדְּרוֹמִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קוטב-3.mp3″ /] is the South Pole, while הַקֹּטֶב הַצְּפוֹנִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קוטב-1.mp3″ /] is the North Pole. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קוטב-4.mp3″ /]הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ זוֹרַחַת כָּל הַיּוֹם בַּקַּיִץ בַָּקֹּטֶב הַצְּפוֹנִי. The sun…

לְהִתְקַלֵּחַ, לַעֲשׂות מִקְלַחַת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקלח-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for a shower is מקלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקלח-2.mp3″ /], of the root ק.ל.ח (k.l.kh), which has to do with sprinkling liquid. To take a shower is the reflexive-intensive verb להתקלח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקלח-3.mp3″ /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקלח-4.mp3″ /]לך תתקלח, אתה מסריח! Go take a shower, you stink! (spoken to a male) Another…