Yom HaAliyah Webinar Recording

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-1.m4a” /]הַשָּׁנָה You may know the Hebrew word for today or this day  – היום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-2.m4a” /]. It’s also the title of a song by Ehud Banai. היום means literally the day: same structure works for this week – השבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-3.m4a” /], this year – השנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-4.m4a” /], etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/השנה-5.m4a” /]כמה עולים הגיעו לארץ…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-מהאוטובוס-1.m4a” /]לָרֶדֶת מֵהָאוֹטוֹבוּס The Hebrew word לרדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-מהאוטובוס-2.m4a” /], whose root is י.ר.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-מהאוטובוס-3.m4a” /], means to go down. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-מהאוטובוס-4.m4a” /]ירדנו לים המלח. We went down to the Dead Sea. לרדת is also used to mean to get off, so that to get off the bus is לרדת מהאוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-מהאוטובוס-1.m4a” /]. Thus if the stop button…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמרטף-1.m4a” /]בֵּייבִּיסִיטֶר, שְׁמַרְטַף To watch the kids in Hebrew is לשמור על הילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמרטף-2.m4a” /], literally, to watch/keep/guard the children. But the professional who assume this role when parents are away is not called a watchperson or a guardian in English – they’re called a babysitter. This term is so lovely to the ear that Israelis use it to…