how to say “style” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]שְׁטְרוּדֶל, כְּרוּכִית The at sign resembles the Austrian pastry, the strudel. Hebrew renders the s in its German pronunciation, so the common word for @ in Hebrew is שטרודל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]המייל לא נשלח כי שכחו להוסיף שטרודל. The email wasn’t sent because they forgot to add an at sign….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/טיסה-#.m4a” /]טִיסָה Hebrew has two words for to fly in the air: there’s לעוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/טיסה-#.m4a” /], which is for living beings, and לטוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/טיסה-#.m4a” /] for aircraft of various types. A flight, therefore, is טיסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/טיסה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/טיסה-#.m4a” /]במקום להוציא כל כך הרבה כסף על טיסות, אפשר לטייל כאן בארץ. Instead of spending…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /]דַּקּוּיוֹת The Hebrew word for subtle in the sense of not obvious because of its complexity is דק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /] – literally, thin, fine (something subtle is very fine). Likewise, דקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /] is a minute – a sliver of an hour. Here’s דק in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /]יש הבדל דק אבל חשוב בין שתי האמירות….