how to say “a spring” in Hebrew
בְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-1.mp3″ /] Translated literally, at the end of the day is בסוף היום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-2.mp3″ /] in Hebrew. But that phrase is generally used in the figurative sense, not the literal. In the expression, “the day” really means “the matter at hand.” Hebrew’s equivalent expression is בסופו של דבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-1.mp3″ /] – literally, at the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בגד-ים-1.m4a” /]בֶּגֶד יָם Summer is upon us here in the northern hemisphere. One of the most important summer items is variably called a swimsuit, a bathing suit or swim trunks. All these terms focus on the action taken while donning the garment. Hebrew’s term focuses not on the action, but on the place where the suit might be worn:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /]הִשָּׂרְדוּת The Hebrew word for to survive is לשרוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /], used both literally and in an exaggerated sense, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /]זה שבוע קשה, אני לא בטוח אם אני אשרוד אותו. This is a hard week, I’m not sure I’ll survive it. Now, לשרוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /] is a פעל verb, so we would…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משודרג-1.m4a” /]מְשֻׁדְרָג The Hebrew word for an upgrade is שדרוג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משודרג-x.m4a” /]. It takes the root ד.ר.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משודרג-2.m4a” /] meaning step or rung and adds a ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משודרג-3.m4a” /] to the beginning, creating the super-root (an upgraded root, if you will) ש.ד.ר.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משודרג-4.m4a” /] meaning upgrade or raise in quality. To upgrade is the active-intensive verb לשדרג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משודרג-5.m4a” /]. For example:…
לְהִשָּׁבַע Check out our summer courses for adults and teens! This one’s for Zach-נָחוּם. We (I can only speak for the extended family) are proud of you. On Friday Blogger went down, so I wasn’t able to put out the Daily Dose of Hebrew. I hope everyone used the time normally spent reading…