how to say “looks good on camera” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/בואו-נלך-#.m4a” /]בּוֹאוּ נֵלֵךְ If we think about it a bit, the English expression let’s go, in the literal sense, is an act of asking permission – “(please) let us go.”  Hebrew’s expression is a bit less ridiculous: it means literally, come, we’ll go. Here are the three variations of the Hebrew term: בוא נלך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/בואו-נלך-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לחבוש-כובע-#.m4a” /]לַחְבֹּשׁ כּוֹבַע Yesterday we saw that there’s a special wear word for shoes: לנעול נעליים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לחבוש-כובע-#.m4a” /] means to put on shoes. There’s another such word for putting on a hat or head covering: לחבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לחבוש-כובע-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לחבוש-כובע-#.m4a” /]אני רק צריך לנעול נעליים ולחבוש כובע, ואני יוצא. I just need to put on (my)…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/פסחא-#.m4a” /]פַּסְחָא The Hebrew name for the Christian holiday Easter is פסחא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/פסחא-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/פסחא-#.m4a” /]חוגגים את הפסחא תמיד ביום ראשון בשבוע. Easter is celebrated (they celebrate Easter) always on a Sunday. פסחא is simply the Aramaic word for פסח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/פסחא-#.m4a” /] – Passover, borrowed into Hebrew. Given the fact that the…

Correction: In yesterday’s post, I wrote that organized crime is פשע ארגוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-2.m4a” /]. I’m not sure why I wrote that. In any case, the correct term is פשע מאורגן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-מאורגן-1.m4a” /]. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-1.m4a” /]מַעֲרֶכֶת מִשְׁפָּטִית The Hebrew word for system is מערכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-2.m4a” /], of the root ע.ר.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-3.m4a” /] meaning order. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-4.m4a” /]איזו מערכת…