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having trouble seeing the print? עִמּוּת Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program With two weeks to go before the 2012 United States presidential elections, the two candidates engaged the other night in the third and final presidential debate in their campaigns. If you enter debate into the Morfix online dictionary, you’ll see several translations of the word into…
Over the past few months Wikileaks has been hovering ominously over the heads of various heads of state. Here’s how to say a leak in Hebrew: דְּלִיפָה (de-lee-FAH). It’s the noun form (gerund) of לִדְלוֹף (leed-LOHF) – to leak. This is a simple (פעל – קל) verb. דליפה can mean either a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעלית-1.m4a” /]מַעֲלִית If you live or work in a סקייסקרייפר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעלית-2.m4a” /], you probably need an elevator to get to your home/office. The Hebrew word for elevator is מעלית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעלית-1.m4a” /] The word derives from the causative verb להעלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעלית-3.m4a” /] – to raise up, whose root is ע.ל.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעלית-4.m4a” /] meaning rising. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעלית-5.m4a” /]אני מעדיף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]אֱגוֹז The generic Hebrew term for nut is אגוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – in the plural אגוזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /], and when connected to another word in the plural, אגוזי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]. Like in English, we add something to the word in order to specify what kind of nut we’re talking about. Here are a few…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!