how to say “about us” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מדרגות-נעות-#.m4a” /]מַדְרֵגוֹת נָעוֹת If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you know the word for stairs – מדרגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מדרגות-נעות-#.m4a” /]. What about an escalator – a moving staircase? That’s מדרגות נעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מדרגות-נעות-#.m4a” /] – literally, moving stairs, where נעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מדרגות-נעות-#.m4a” /] is a form of the simple verb לנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מדרגות-נעות-#.m4a” /] – one of the words…
One of the most common expressions you’ll hear in Israel is יהיה בסדר – it’s gonna (it will) be okay. Another similar one is יהיה טוב – literally, it will be good. A third expression with a similar meaning is עוד חזון למועד. It means literally there is yet a vision for the time. But…
לְעַכֵּל Can’t read Hebrew yet? The basic Hebrew word for to eat is לֶאֱכוֹל , of the root א.כ.ל (a.k.l). A word of similar meaning is to digest – לְעַכֵּל , an active-intensive verb of the similar root ע.כ.ל (a.k.l). In Hebrew, it is used both literally and figuratively, as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /]מַחֲזֶמֶר מחזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] means a play or a display, and זמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] means song or singing. Modern Hebrew combined the two words, creating מחזמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] – a musical. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /]פנטום האופרה הוא מחזמר מצליח ביותר. The Phantom of the Opera is a very successful musical. In the plural מחזמר becomes…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /]לַחֲשׁוֹב מִחוּץ לַקּוּפְסָה The Hebrew word for box is קופסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /]. It comes from Aramaic where it’s spelled קופסא, so many Israeli keep spelling it that way. Outside the box is מחוץ לקופסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /], where מחוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /] means literally from out. To think is the simple verb לחשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /], as in:…