[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-1.m4a” /]קְצַת, מְעַט In the first lesson of our Level 1 Hebrew course, we teach the common word for a little or a bit – קצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-2.m4a” /]. From that lesson: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-3.m4a” /]אני מדברת קצת עברית. I (a female) speak a little Hebrew. Another way of saying a little is מעט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…
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/2020/12/חוף-הים-#.m4a” /]חוֹף הַיָּם If you’re stuck in the cold and rainy northern hemisphere, you might just be dreaming of חוף הים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חוף-הים-#.m4a” /] – the beach. This expression means literally the coast of the sea. And when Israelis talk about going to the beach, they tend to shorten the expression to just הים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חוף-הים-#.m4a” /] – literally,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-1.m4a” /]מַשְׁמָעוּתִי The Hebrew word משמעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-2.m4a” /] – significance – comes from the word משמע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-3.m4a” /], which means meaning. משמע itself comes from the root ש.מ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-4.m4a” /] meaning hearing: an idea becomes meaningful when we first hear it (or see it in print, now that most Westerners can read) – only then can we internalize it. For example,…
לְהֵרָדֵם We’ve still got a few spots…… in our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana. When I was in eleventh grade I perfected the art of falling asleep in class without the teacher noticing: I would lean my head into my palm, which was supported by my elbow placed on the desk. This guy won’t fool…