How to say “communicate” in Hebrew
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| This guy (William Shakespeare) was a great communicator. |
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| This guy (William Shakespeare) was a great communicator. |
In Ulpan La-Inyan’s Level 3 course, 21-year-old חַגַּי (khah-GAH-ee) tells his date, יִפְעַת (yeef-AHT) all about his trip to Nahal Yehudiya, including the heroic act he performs there. The word is a bit advanced for Level 3, but יפעת could have said, אֵיזֶה סִפּוּר מְרַתֵּק (EHY-zeh see-POOR me-rah-TEK) – What a fascinating story! …
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חיי-היומיום-1.m4a” /]חַיֵּי הַיּוֹמְיוֹם So far this week we’ve focused on two expressions using the word חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חיי-היומיום-2.m4a” /] – life. Day-to-day life, in, Hebrew, is חיי היומיום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חיי-היומיום-1.m4a” /] – literally, life of the day-to-day. חיי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חיי-היומיום-3.m4a” /] is the form of חיים when attached to another word in an of relationship (the construct state). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חיי-היומיום-4.m4a” /]חיי…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נושא-רגיש-1.m4a” /]זֶה נוֹשֵׂא רָגִישׁ The Hebrew word for sensitive is רגיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נושא-רגיש-2.m4a” /] in the masculine and רגישה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נושא-רגיש-3.m4a” /] in the feminine. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נושא-רגיש-4.m4a” /]היא רגישה לגלוטן. She is sensitive to gluten. No only people, but topics too can be sensitive, so that a sensitive topic is נושא רגיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נושא-רגיש-5.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /]חֲטִיבַת הַבֵּינַיִים Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew expression for high school is בית ספר תיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /]. There actually is another term – החטיבה העליונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /] – the upper division. Likewise, חטיבת הביניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /] – meaning literally the division of between – is what Israelis use to refer to middle school. For example: [audioclip…