how to say “to be persistent” in Hebrew

טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּח, טֶלֶפוֹן קַוִּי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-1.wav” /] More and more people don’t these anymore, but many still do, so it’s worth an entry. While a mobile phone is a טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-2.wav” /], a land line is called either a טלפון נַיָּח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-3.wav” /] – literally, stationary phone, or טלפון קַוִּי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נייח-4.wav” /] – a line or wire…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]בּוֹחַן, חִידוֹן A test – מבחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – is usually no fun. But a quiz can be either daunting or entertaining, depending on the context.  Hebrew has two words for quiz, one for each occasion: בוחן [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]- a quiz at school, and חידון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – a quiz used as a game, often trivia….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/במידה-מסוימת-#.m4a” /]בְּמִדָּה מְסֻיֶּמֶת In English, we cut down the absoluteness of a claim by saying to a certain extent: we use the metaphor of length to describe how “far” something will go. In Hebrew, when we want to simmer down what we’re saying, we might use במידה מסוימת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/במידה-מסוימת-#.m4a” /] – literally, by a certain measure….