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– לא הסתדרתי בלי משקפיים, עד שעשיתי ניתוח הסרה.
– גם אני חושבת לעשות.
– זה פשוט עולם אחר.
הבדל של שמים וארץ.
– I didn’t get along without glasses, until I did Lasik.
– I’m also thinking of doing it.
– It’s simply another world.
A world of difference.
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]לֹא לְהִיבָּהֵל Hebrew’s word for a state of panic is בהלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to be startled or to panic is להיבהל, a נפעל verb of the root ב.ה.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]. So to tell someone don’t panic, you might say אל תיבהל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /] if he’s a male or אל תיבהלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /] if she’s…
הִזְדַמְּנוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-1.mp3″ /] Earlier this week we saw the Hebrew word for availability – זמינות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-2.mp3″ /], which comes from the root ז.מ.נ (z.m.n) meaning time. Another word deriving from that root is הזדמנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-1.mp3″ /] – opportunity. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-3.mp3″ /]פסימיסט רואה בהזדמנות קושי. אופטימיסט רואה בקושי הזדמנות. (וינסטון צ’רצ’יל) A pessimist sees the difficulty…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /]דְּמוּת פִיקְטִיבִית The literal meaning of דמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /] is image, but in Modern Hebrew the word has come to mean a character as well, so that דמות פיקטיבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /] is a fictional character. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /]רובין הוד הוא דמות פיקטיבית. Robin Hood is a fictional character. דמות comes from the root ד.מ.ה[audioclip…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Space Race . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
פחמימות Click the Hebrew word above to hear it pronounced. After Shabbat the other night I was pretty hungry – not because I hadn’t eaten enough at my gracious Kfar Chabad cousins’ place, but because over the past two days my diet has consisted mostly of white-flour products – lots of carbs. …