[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /]וִילוֹן The Hebrew word for curtain is וילון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /]דויד, סגור את הווילון! David, close the curtain! וילון came to Hebrew in Mishnaic times via Greek and Latin (in Latin the word is velum). Even though וילון is a masculine noun, curtains are וילונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /], with the feminine…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפה-לאוזן-1.m4a” /]מִפֶּה לְאֹזֶן They say that word of mouth travels fast, for better or for worse. The Hebrew expression for word of mouth is מפה לאוזן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפה-לאוזן-1.m4a” /] – literally, from mouth to ear. This expression is borrowed from the French le bouche à oreille, of the same literal meaning. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפה-לאוזן-2.m4a” /]שומעים עלינו מפה לאוזן. (They)…
having trouble seeing the print? אוֹפְּטִימָלִי, מֵיטָבִי Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh The word meaning optimal you’re most likely to hear in Spoken Hebrew is אוֹפְּטִימָלִי (ohp-tee-MAH-lee). But the Israeli media is control of much of public opinion as well as public language, and today I saw an article in a major…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
Missed the deadline? No problem! You can still save NIS 200 (about $60 US) on your Ulpan La-Inyan course starting next week, in Jerusalem. Here’s how. Tune into my radio show today at noon Israel time and listen for instructions. My show takes place online at RustyMike Radio. The show itself runs for an…