[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-1.m4a” /]לִזְחוֹל If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you know some variation of the word ללכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-2.m4a” /] – to walk, a simple verb of the root ה.ל.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-3.m4a” /]. Also a simple verb, the word for to crawl is לזחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-1.m4a” /]. Its root is ז.ח.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-5.m4a” /]הנה שבלול זוחל על…
שִׁיר We need your input! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Learn Hebrew online תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב – the ninth of (the month of) Av (teesh-AH beh-AHV) – is now. It commemorates destruction, but also, in a piece I was just emailed, it implies…
having trouble seeing the print? דְּמָמָה Tonight I was walking in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem and noticed that Coffee Shop was closed. I continued on my way and passed another closed eatery, where outside where six paper bags were housing six burning candles – one for each million. Tomorrow at 10am the people…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להיות-1.m4a” /]לִהְיוֹת Hebrew doesn’t have words for is, are and am – forms of to be – so that she is tall gets translated to היא גבוהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להיות-2.m4a” /] – literally, she tall. To be itself, however, does have a Hebrew equivalent: להיות. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להיות-3.m4a” /]מחר אנחנו צריכים להיות שם בשעה עשר. Tomorrow we need to…
having trouble seeing the print? חִנּוּךְ, הַשְׂכָּלָה In English, we might talk about grammar-school education, high-school education and a college education, but we use only one noun – education – and add an adjective to get more specific about the level. Hebrew, however, uses two distinct words for two levels of education: חִנּוּךְ refers to education received at home or…