how to say “wonderful” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לֶאֱהוֹב, לְחַבֵּב, לִמְצוֹא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי… learn Hebrew through Israeli music In English, there’s to like something (or someone), and then there’s to love something (or someone). Hebrew uses the word לֶאֱהוֹב (an active-simple פָּעַל verb) for both like and love, so that you’ll find people saying: הִיא אוֹהֶבֶת בְּרוֹקוֹלִי. She likes broccoli. just as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]הֲפִיכָה While מהפכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a full-on revolution, הפיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a coup or a forced replacement of the government. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]לפני עשרים ואחת שנה היה ניסיון להפיכה ברוסיה הסובייטית. Twenty one years ago there was an attempt at a coup in Soviet Russia. Both מהפכה and הפיכה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חזרה-#.m4a” /]חֲזָרָה In American English, a rehearsal is what actors do (many times) before they go on stage in front of a live audience. But in British English, rehearsal also means a review of material that one would like to know well. Hebrew’s word חזרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חזרה-#.m4a” /] encompasses both meanings, as it comes from the simple verb…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /]תּוֹךְ שְׁנִיָּה Like the English word second, Hebrew’s שנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /] refers to both to the smallest unit of time that is used in day to day life, as well as that which comes after the first. In a second is תוך שנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /] – literally, within a second. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /]תוך שנייה אני מגיע. I’ll…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /]מִלָּה נִרְדֶּפֶת The Hebrew word for word is מילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /], which derives from the Aramaic root מ.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /] meaning speech. מילה is a feminine word, even though it doesn’t appear to be one in the plural: words are מילים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /]. A synonym is מילה נרדפת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /] – literally, a word chased/pursued (by another word, perhaps…