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– הוצאתי דרכון בשגרירות החדשה בירושלים. עכשיו, יש לי שניים.
– איך יש לך שני דרכונים?
– יש לי אזרחות בשתי מדינות.
– I took out a passport at the new embassy in Jerusalem. Now, I have two.
– How do you have two passports?
– I have citizenship in two countries.
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
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/2020/03/כתיב-מלא-#.m4a” /]כְּתִיב מָלֵא If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you may have noticed that sometimes the word in the title of a post is spelled differently from the same word in the body. The reason is that when a word is vowelized in Hebrew, its pronunciation is clear, but when there…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-1.m4a” /]סַיִף, סִיּוּף The Hebrew word for sword is חרב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-2.m4a” /], a feminine noun that appears masculine (go figure). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-3.m4a” /]החרב הזאת עתיקה מאוד. This sword is very ancient. But to create a word for fencing, Hebrew borrows from the Aramaic word for sword – סייף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-5.m4a” /]הוא נרשם לחוג סייף. He registered…
כרטיס ביקור Today at AACI, the executive director’s teenage son (who may be one of the counselors on our summer program for preteen new immigrants) handed me the most innovative business card I’ve seen in a while, perhaps ever: I scribbled over the phone number so that he doesn’t get swamped. The…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְרַגֵּל listen and repeat The other day I introduced the Hebrew word for habit, הֶרְגֵּל listen and repeat. A related word worth knowing is לְהִתְרַגֵּל listen and repeat – to get used to or become accustomed to. An example: הִיא כְּבָר תִּתְרַגֵּל לַחוֹם הַתֵּל-אָבִיבִי. She’ll get used to the Tel Aviv heat. listen …