[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-1.m4a” /]בֶּטַח Israelis do not like to express doubt. So their word for probably… well, there isn’t a single word for probably. There’s קרוב לוודאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-2.m4a” /] – close to certain, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-3.m4a” /]קרוב לוודאי שהלהקה תגיע לארץ בשנה הבאה. The band will probably (almost certainly) come to Israel next year. There’s also ככל הנראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בטח-קרוב-4.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-1.m4a” /]הִתְנַדְּבוּת The concept of volunteering goes all the way to Biblical times, where the root נ.ד.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-2.m4a” /] of that meaning first appears. To volunteer is להתנדב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-3.m4a” /], a reflexive-intensive התפעל verb. Likewise, volunteering is התנדבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-4.m4a” /]יש מקום התנדבות מעניין בשכונת בקעה בירושלים. There’s an interesting volunteering place in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /]לְהָצִיץ To see is the simple verb לראות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /]הם לא רואים אותי. They don’t see me. To look at is להסתכל על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /] (a התפעל verb) or -להביט ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /] (a הפעיל verb), as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /]אפשר להסתכל על התמונה הזאת? May I look…
having trouble seeing the print? לָדַעַת, לְהַכִּיר Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us We know that the human brain has two hemispheres, left and right, that process information in two more or less distinct ways: rationally and emotionally – left and right, respectively. Modern Hebrew, perhaps unwittingly, employs this distinction in featuring two different words…