having trouble seeing the print? מוֹנִית listen and repeat When visiting Israel, you can get with using the word taxi. But the locals use a different word – מוֹנִית listen and repeat. For example: אֲנִי לֹא מֵבִין לָמָּה אֵין כָּאן מוֹנִיוֹת! I don’t understand why there aren’t any taxis here! listen …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]זַמְזַם The English word for buzzer is called that because of the sound it makes – bzzzzz. Same with Hebrew – זמזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]לחצתי על הזמזם חצי שעה, אבל הם לא פתחו את הדלת! I pressed the buzzer for half an hour, but they didn’t open the door! This…
תַּפְסִיקוּ לָרִיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפסיקו-לריב-6.mp3″ /] Suppose you’re driving on a family trip in Israel, and the two boys are fighting in the back seat. You might turn your head around and say to them: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפסיקו-לריב-7.mp3″ /]תפסיקו לריב, שניכם! Stop fighting, the two of you! The expression broken down: תפסיקו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפסיקו-לריב-8.mp3″ /] – literally, you (plural) will stop. It’s a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /]כַּלָּה The Hebrew word for bride is כלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /]איפה קונים שמלת כלה במחיר טוב? Where does one buy a bridal gown at a good price? If you look carefully at the vocalized version of כַּלַּה – you’ll see a dot in the ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /]. This dot indicates that…
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…
מְכָל, תְּכוּלָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? We saw that the Hebrew word for to contain is לְהָכִיל listen and repeat of the root כ.ו.ל (k.w.l) meaning all. Likewise, a container is a מְכָל listen and repeat (erroneously yet very commonly written and pronounced as מֵכָל or מֵיכָל listen and repeat). The word also refers to the kind of container called a…