לְשַרְיֵן First of all, a correction: The Modern Hebrew word for jet lag – יַעֶפֶת (yah-EH-fet) comes from the root י.ע.פ (y.a’.f), meaning flight. It doesn’t come from the acrobatic linguistic act I described the other day. Thanks for the tip, Larry. Now for today’s dose… The proper way of saying save me…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/לגרד-#.m4a” /]לְגָרֵד The word לגרד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/לגרד-#.m4a” /] means both to scratch and to itch. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/לגרד-#.m4a” /]דוד, אל תגרד את הגלד. David, don’t scratch the scab. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/לגרד-#.m4a” /]העור שלי מגרד וזה מציק לי. My skin itches and it bothers me. לגרד is an active-intensive פיעל verb.
having trouble seeing the print? לִשְׁטוֹף כֵּלִים what another student has to say about Ulpan La-Inyan Those who study the דַּף יוֹמִי – the daily page (of Talmud) – probably came across the word לְהִשְׁתַּטֵּף today (they also know that the Talmud has very little to do with brainwash). In the Talmudic context, that word means to…
having trouble seeing the print? לְלֹא מוֹצָא Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online Yesterday we saw the Hebrew expression for point of departure – נְקֻדַּת מוֹצָא . דֶּרֶךְ לְלֹא מוֹצָא dead-end road The Hebrew term for a dead end – a point without departure or a place with no way out – is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-1.m4a” /]הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה You may know the term for prime minister – ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-2.m4a” /], literally, the head of the government. The word ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-3.m4a” /] – government – comes from the root מ.ש.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-4.m4a” /] meaning reign. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הממשלה-5.m4a” /]זה לא תלוי בנו, אלא בהחלטת הממשלה. It doesn’t depend on us, but on the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-1.m4a” /]נִקָּיוֹן If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you likely know the word for clean – נקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-3.m4a” /]החולצה שלך לא נקייה. Your blouse (a feminine object) is not clean. The word for cleanliness is ניקיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-1.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-4.m4a” /]מצב הניקיון בחדר שלך זה פשוט קטסטרופה. The…