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We’ve got all the levels (1-5) offered in Jerusalem, and Levels 1, 3 and 5 offered in Tel Aviv – both at the local AACI.
Here’s the schedule.
Here’s the pricing.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /]רָצוֹן, תְּשׁוּקָה, חֵשֶׁק If you enter the word desire into Google Translate for Hebrew, you’ll find no less than eleven translations. I’ll focus here on three: רצון, [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /]תשוקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /] and חשק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /]. 1. רצון means desire in the sense of wanting or willing something. It comes from לרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /], the simple verb for…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/חף-מפשע-#.m4a” /]תָּמִים, חַף מִפֶּשַׁע The Hebrew word תמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/חף-מפשע-#.m4a” /], in Biblical Hebrew, means complete, finished. It later came to be used as innocent, though often with a connotation of naivete. Take the words of the woman to her man with big plans, in this song: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/חף-מפשע-#.m4a” /]אל תהיה כל כך תמים. Don’t be so naive. Then there’s innocent…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-1.m4a” /]קוֹפְצָנִי You may know the Hebrew word for to jump – לקפוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-2.m4a” /], also jumping. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-3.m4a” /]לא לקפוץ מהגג! No jumping from the roof! A jumpy person, for better or for worse, is קופצני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-1.m4a” /] if he’s a male and קוצפנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-4.m4a” /] if she’s a female. קופצני also applies…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/במקום-#.m4a” /]בִּמְקוֹם You could think of the English instead of as in place of – for example, “I’m ordering fries instead / in place of onion rings.” Hebrew’s expression translates in place of: במקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/במקום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/במקום-#.m4a” /]במקום לצאת עם החברים, הוא רק יושב בחדר ורואה סדרות. Instead of going out with friends, he…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-1.m4a” /]הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה You may know the term for prime minister – ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-2.m4a” /], literally, the head of the government. The word ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-3.m4a” /] – government – comes from the root מ.ש.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-4.m4a” /] meaning reign. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-5.m4a” /]זה לא תלוי בנו, אלא בהחלטת הממשלה. It doesn’t depend on us, but on the…