[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-1.m4a” /]לִשְׁאוֹף To breathe is לנשום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-2.m4a” /]. And the specific actions of to inhale and to exhale are לשאוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-1.m4a” /] and לנשוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-3.m4a” /], respectively. As former US President Bill Clinton once said: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-4.m4a” /]התנסיתי פעם או פעמיים עם מריחוואנה… אבל… לא שאפתי. I experimented with marijuana a time or two… but… I didn’t inhale. לשאוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-1.m4a” /]גְּבִינָה צְהֻבָּה Technically, Swiss cheese is גבינה שווצרית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-2.m4a” /], as גבינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-3.m4a” /] means cheese, and one of the names for Switzerland is שוויצריה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-4.m4a” /] (the other is שוויץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-5.m4a” /]). But the common expression referring to this cheese full of holes is גבינה צהובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-1.m4a” /] – literally, yellow cheese. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-6.m4a” /]למה יש חורים…
נאור A couple of years ago I worked with a man named נָאוֹר (nah-OHR), who runs a non-profit organization in Tel Aviv. I thought about it, looked it up to confirm, and discovered that his name indeed means enlightened. The female version of the word/name is נְאוֹרָה (ne-oh-RAH). The word/name is actually a…
For every friend who you refer to Ulpan La-Inyan who signs up for a course- we will give you a FREE Hebrew lesson one-on-one with one of our great teachers. Here is how it works: You share this link with friends who made aliyah in the past 18 months. Be sure to tell them to…
שלוה The Modern Hebrew letter ו (vahv) make a v sound when pronounced by most native speakers. In Biblical times, however, the letter made a w sound. There are four Hebrew consonants pronounced, historically, at the lips: ב (b), מ (m), פ (p) and ו (w). Try it yourself. Linguists call these consonants bilabials. …
נִסָּיוֹן Hear this word pronounced You’re likely to come across this word not so much in everyday speech, but rather through the media, specifically by watching and listening to the news in Hebrew. To make an attempt, or to try (and not to try a new food – that’s to taste), in Hebrew, is לְנַסּוֹת (le-nah-SOHT). An…