לְהִזָּהֵר, לָגוּר listen to this word pronounced If you’ve had conversations in Hebrew with children, you probably know how to say, be careful! (literally, caution!) – זְהִירוּת (zeh-hee-ROOT). “Beware! Dog in yard!” To be careful is לְהִזָּהֵר (leh-hee-zah-HEHR). It’s a verb of the נפעל (neef-AHL) variety – not really active or passive, or…
רכישת שפה To buy something is לִקְנוֹת (leek-NOHT). To acquire something, or to purchase, is לִרְכוֹש (leer-KHOHSH). The act of acquiring or purchasing is רְכִישָׁה (re-khee-SHAH). So the acquiring of a language is רְכִישַׁת שָׂפָה (re-khee-SHAHT sah-FAH). The ה in the word רכישה becomes a ת, as the word is connected to the following word in a linguistic…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-1.m4a” /]נַעֲלֵי רִיצָה, נַעֲלֵי סְפּוֹרְט If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for shoes – נעליים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-2.m4a” /]. But there are different types of shoes, such as נעלי ריקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-3.m4a” /] – dancing shoes, נעלי ריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-4.m4a” /] – running shoes and נעלי טניס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-5.m4a” /] – tennis shoes. Israelis are likely to call any…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לבשל-#.m4a” /]לְבַשֵּׁל The basic word for to cook is לבשל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לבשל-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לבשל-#.m4a” /]דני, מה בישלת לנו היום? Danny, what did you cook for us today? While the professional term for a cook is טבח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לבשל-#.m4a” /] for a male and טבחית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לבשל-#.m4a” /] for a female (think מטבח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לבשל-#.m4a”…