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how to say “dark-brown skinned” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /]שָׁחוּם If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the basic Hebrew colors, which include חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /] – brown and שחור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /] – black. Melded together, they create the word שחום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /] – dark brown, which describes a skin color. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /]היא בחורה צנומה, שחומה, וכריזמטית ביותר. היא…
how to say “luggage” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? כְּבוּדָה LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The baggage claim area in Ben Gurion International Airport is labeled, in Hebrew, אִסּוּף כְּבוּדָה (ee-SOOF keh-voo-DAH) – literally, gathering of luggage. This translation of the English word luggage, כבודה, comes from the ancient Hebrew word for weighty or heavy – כָּבֵד, the same…
how to say “baked” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]אָפוּי To bake, in Hebrew, is the simple verb לאפות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]. Its root is א.פ.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]: the ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /], a weak letter, becomes a ו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /] or י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /] in various formations, as in the word אפוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /] – baked. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]הם מכינים דג אפוי…
how to say “weekly” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /]שְׁבוּעִי The Hebrew word for week is שבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /], as in what Jews wish each other after the Sabbath: שבוע טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /] – (have a) good week! To create the word weekly, just add a י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שבועי-#.m4a” /] to the end of שבוע and change the vowels a bit so the word is…
how do you say “backyard” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חצר-1.m4a” /]חָצֵר In Biblical times, חצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חצר-1.m4a” /] meant two different things (and was even pronounced two different ways): a closed area outside a building, or a village (among other things, an open area). Today’s usage of חצר as yard or backyard follows the first meaning. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חצר-2.m4a” /]החצר שלנו מגודרת בשיחים. Our yard is…