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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /]שִׁירָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for song – שיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /]. You may also know the word for to sing – לשיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /], a hollow פעל verb. Now, since שיר refers not only to a song but also to a poem, the word for poetry is שירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /]. It’s also a…
לברר לְבָרֵר (le-vah-REHR) goes beyond the English usage of to clarify. In Hebrew, this word is also used to mean to make sure or to find out – such as in, תְּבָרְרִי מָתַי הַסֶּרֶט (te-vah-reh-REE mah-TAH-ee hah-SEH-reht) – Find out (speaking to a female) when the movie is. The root of the word is ב.ר.ר – the…
מִשְׁמֶרֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for a work shift is מִשְׁמֶרֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-2.mp3″ /]הִיא עוֹבֶדֶת בְּמִשְׁמָרוֹת לֹא קְבוּעוֹת. She works in inconsistent (not fixed) shifts. The root of משמרת is שׁ.מ.ר (sh.m.r) meaning to keep or to guard, so that משמרת originally referred to a shift of guarding something or…
having trouble seeing the print? שׁוֹד Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. by cali.org It’s been in the news the last few days – several bank robberies taking place in different parts of Israel. The Hebrew word for to rob is the simple פעל verb, לִשְׁדּוֹד (leesh-DOHD). A robber is a שׁוֹדֵד (shoh-DED)…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]מִבְטָא Another great word to know from the root ב.ט.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] is מבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] – accent. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]יש לה מבטא לועזי. She has a foreign accent. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב לחקות מבטאים שונים. He likes imitating different accents. In Hebrew liturgy, מבטא also refers to verbal expression, as in…