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how do you say “my stomach hurts” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-1.m4a” /]כּוֹאֶבֶת לִי הַבֶּטֶן You may know the Hebrew word for stomach or tummy – בטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-2.m4a” /]. But did you know that בטן is feminine? For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-3.m4a” /]הבטן שלי ריקה. My stomach is empty. Note that ריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-4.m4a” /] is used, not ריק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-5.m4a” /]. Likewise: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-1.m4a” /]כואבת לי הבטן. My stomach…
how to say “hammock” in Hebrew
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how to say “torch” in Hebrew
מַשּׂוּאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-1.mp3″ /] The Israeli national days of commemoration opened tonight with יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-2.mp3″ /] – Holocaust (Memorial) Day, and torches are being used to raise awareness through ceremony. The Hebrew word for torch (the kind that burns) is מַשּׂוּאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-3.mp3″ /]הָעֶרֶב הִתְקַיֵּם טֶקֶס הַדְלַקַת הַמַּשֹּוּאוֹת בְּיָד וָשֵׁם, וּבַשָּׁבוּעַ הַבָּא יִתְקַיֵּם הַטֶּקֶס בְּהַר הֶרְצֶל….
how to say “pass the salt” in Hebrew
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