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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/אולפן-#.m4a” /]אוּלְפָּן English speakers wanting to learn Hebrew know the word אולפן to mean Hebrew-language school. But it also means studio, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/אולפן-#.m4a” /]ברוכים הבאים לשידור היומי – כאן באולפן היום אנחנו מארחים את… Welcome to the daily broadcast – here in the studio today we’re hosting… What’s the connection between a Hebrew school…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /]מִכְבָּסָה While כביסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /] is laundry, מכבסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /] (colloquially pronounced מַכְבְּסָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /]*) is a business that specializes in doing people’s laundry for them (or renting them machines to do it themselves), what one might call the cleaners or a laundromat. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /]צריך להביא את הבגדים למכבסה. (We) need…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/זריקה-#.m4a” /]זְרִיקָה, יְרִיָּיה I’m not sure which meaning of shot is more present for me these days: the shot I got with my Covid-19 vaccine, or the shots I hear on Netflix shows – all the time. Hebrew has a word for each: זריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/זריקה-#.m4a” /] is a medicinal shot, while ירייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/זריקה-#.m4a” /] is the shot that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /]מִקְלַחַת This week we’ve seen a series of words that follow a pattern: משמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – shift, מברשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – brush, משקפת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – goggles/binoculars and מקלדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – keyboard. The word for shower – מקלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – would also sound like the others, but since its final root letter…
having trouble seeing the print? אִלֵּם The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world depicts the great leader Moses… who was also hard of speaking. The Hebrew word for a mute is אִלֵּם when referring to a male, and אִלֶּמֶת when referring to a female. For example:…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…