how to say “simultaneously” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /]לֹא הָיָה וְלֹא נִבְרָא To express that something never took place, you could say זה אף פעם לא קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /] or זה מעולם לא קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /]. But Hebrew has a more special expression for this: לא היה ולא נברא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /] – literally, it was not and was never created. For…
מין, סוג Are you liking your Free Daily Dose of Hebrew? PASS IT ON! This entry is delivered at the request of all-star Ulpan La-Inyan faithful, Ruti. So there are (at least) two words for “type” or “kind” in Hebrew: מִין (meen) and סוּג (soog). What’s the difference? When should one…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /]אֶצְלִי At my house in Hebrew is literally בבית שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /], but when Israelis want to say, “she’s at my house”, they’re more likely to use a different expression: היא אצלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /]. אצלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /] means at my house, at my place, and even on my person. It takes the word אצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-1.m4a” /]לָזוּז הַצִּדָּה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you know the word for house or home – בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-2.m4a” /]. You probably also know a special directional word for home – הביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-3.m4a” /] as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-4.m4a” /]הם רוצים ללכת הביתה. They want to go home. Here Hebrew takes the word בית and puts the letter ה[audioclip…