[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/גיוס-#.m4a” /]גִּיּוּס This post is not about a draft of a written piece – that’s a טיוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/גיוס-#.m4a” /]. Nor is it about a draft coming in from the window – that’s בריזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/גיוס-#.m4a” /] (breeze). Rather, this post is about a word that is on the lips of every Israeli teen – גיוס[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/2014/10/להעביר-את-השרביט-1.m4a” /]לְהַעֲבִיר אֶת הַשַּׁרְבִיט A generation goes and another takes over – in life, as well as in government and in organizations. To pass or to hand over the baton is the act of one person in power and authority empowering a successor. The Hebrew expression for this is להעביר את השרביט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להעביר-את-השרביט-1.m4a” /] – literally, to pass the scepter (also baton)….
Early registration deadline Today is the last day to receive a 50-shekel discount on our November-December conversational Hebrew classes. Our courses will be taking place in Jerusalem and Raanana starting a week from today. Get our schedule at calendar.ulpan.com… and sign up at register.ulpan.com! And if you’re not yet familiar with…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /]יָדוּעַ, מֻכָּר Hebrew has two words for to know. לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /], at least in Modern Hebrew, is to know information, such as history or a language, while להכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /] is to know someone or be familiar with something – in Biblical Hebrew, to recognize. However, someone who is known can be either ידוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /] if he’s…