how to say “to define” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]קְשָׁיִים If you know some basic Hebrew, you surely know the word for hard or difficult – קשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]היה לי יום קשה. I had a hard day. The word for difficulty or hardship is קושי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /], but it’s more often used in the plural קשיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מבקש-ממך-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְבַקֵּשׁ מִמְּךָ I used to think it was only my mother who would say things like I’m asking of you, (my father is Israeli and always spoke with me in Hebrew) until I started using the expression myself. So much for a generational gap. The Hebrew expression is a variation of אני…