how to say “it’s just that…” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]הַחוּג הָאַרְקְטִי If you’ve got basic Hebrew down, you most likely know the word for holiday – חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]. How about the Arabic word for pilgrimage – حاج (haj)? Both have to do with people coming in from outer circles to a central place – in Islam, Mecca, and in Judaism, Jerusalem (until about…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-1.m4a” /]לָשִׂים אֶת הָרֹאשׁ While שנ”צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-2.m4a” /] (abbreviation of שנת צהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-3.m4a” /] –  sleep of noon) means an afternoon nap, the more common Hebrew expression for to take a nap is לשים את הראש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-1.m4a” /] – literally, to put the head (down). Our Tel Aviv office has a couch. I was there one…

Note: This will be the last Dose of Hebrew until after Passover, except for tomorrow’s weekly review. חג שמח![audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעשות-סדר-9.m4a” /] [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעשות-סדר-1.m4a” /]לַעֲשׂוֹת סֵדֶר You may know the Hebrew slang word for a mess – בלגן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעשות-סדר-2.m4a” /]. Contrary to popular belief, this word is not borrowed from Arabic, but rather from Slavic languages such as…