First ever Emirati-Israeli musical duet

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /]לִקְטוֹף פֶּרַח The Hebrew word for to pick or harvest something such as fruit or flowers is the simple verb לקטוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /]כל יום שישי אבא קוטף פרחים בשביל אמא. Every Friday Dad picks flowers for Mom. Something picked or harvested is נקטף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /], from the נפעל verb form. נקטף is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-1.m4a” /]מְקֹרָבִים The basic Hebrew word for close is קרוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-2.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-3.m4a” /]מקום העבודה שלי נמצא קרוב לבית. My place of work is (situated) close to home. And family members, people who are close genetically or through marriage, are קרובי משפחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-4.m4a” /]. For people close to someone of stature – insiders – the word is מקורבים[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]אַסְטְרָטֶגְיָה עִסְקִית Yesterday we saw the word for strategy in Hebrew – אסטרטגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]. Since a business is עסק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /], a business strategy is אסטרטגיה עסקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]מה האסטרטגיה העסקית שלכם? What’s your business strategy? To create the adjective עסקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /], we simply add a י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /] to…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְקַוֶּה שֶׁכֵּן Israel’s national anthem is called התקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-2.m4a” /] – literally, the hope. To hope is the active-intensive verb לקוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-3.m4a” /], so that I hope is אני מקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-4.m4a” /] if you’re a male, and אני מקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-5.m4a” /] if you’re a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-6.m4a” /]האם הבנק פתוח היום? אני מקווה…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/דרך-המלך-#.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת עַל דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ This expression לעלות על דרך המלך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/דרך-המלך-#.m4a” /] means literally to get on the king’s road – in Hebrew it refers to getting on the high road – a good, solid path after having experienced trials and tribulations. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/דרך-המלך-#.m4a” /]עוד פוש קטן בלימודים, ואת כבר תעלי על…

The post earlier this week “How to say ‘flood’ in Hebrew” has changed. See updated version here. חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.  Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…