WEEKLY REVIEW – Make this Week’s Doses of Hebrew Your Own
having trouble seeing the print? מִנּוּן Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program In English, food is given in servings, while medicine is given in doses. The Hebrew word for serving is מָנָה, deriving from the word לִמְנוֹת, an active-simple פָּעַל verb meaning to count (a synonym of לִסְפּוֹר, also a פעל verb). For example: אֲבַקֵּשׁ מָנָה סָלָט….
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!
שְׁאִיפוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The English word aspiration finds its roots in the Latin word spirare – to breathe. Likewise, the Hebrew word for to aspire is the same as that of to inhale – the active-simple verb לִשְׁאוֹף listen and repeat. And an aspiration is a שְׁאִיפָה listen and repeat. For example: …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /]הַבְרָקָה When one has a stroke of brilliance, it’s like a light bulb has suddenly lit up… or a bolt of lightning – ברק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /] – has hit. Thus the Hebrew word for stroke of brilliance is הברקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /]יש לי הברקה! I have a stroke of brilliance!…