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Top 10 Terms for Private Lessons
An office brainstorm generated these top 10 Hebrew terms for how we like to present private lessons to prospective students. Enjoy! 1. שִׁיעוּר פְּרָטִי[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PL-#.m4a" /] - private lesson The word שיעור[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PL-#.m4a" /] - lesson - originally meant measure of something; a lesson is a fixed amount of material learned. [audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PL-#.m4a" /]פרטי -...
10 Words for Aliyah
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What’s your favorite מאכל מטוגן (fried food)?
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A Word Per Decade
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Going the Distance
[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/going-the-distance-#.m4a" /] משה - וואי, אני מרגיש חלש. אני כל הזמן רואה נטפליקס. אריק - היית בבידוד? משה - פעמיים. ניסיתי לעשות ספורט בבית, אבל זה לא הולך לי. אריק - אתה יודע שמותר לצאת מהבית לעשות ספורט. משה - אתה צודק. אריק - אני כל יום מתאמן. רוצה להצטרף אלי? משה - האמת...
Health and Wellness
Below are some must-know Hebrew terms for health and wellness, based on this conversation that takes place at an annual checkup: [audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Health-and-wellness-#.m4a" /] אישה - אני כל הזמן לא מרגישה טוב. רופא - כמה שעות את ישנה בלילה? אישה - חמש או שש שעות, אבל אני לא ישנה כל כך טוב. רופא - מה...