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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אכילת-יתר-1.m4a” /]אֲכִילַת יֶתֶר Hebrew doesn’t have a verb like the English to overeat. Instead, Israelis are wont to say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אכילת-יתר-2.m4a” /]אכלתי יותר מדי. I ate too much. But there is a word for overeating the thing: אכילת יתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אכילת-יתר-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אכילת-יתר-3.m4a” /]אכילת יתר יכולה להגיע להתמכרות. Overeating can become (arrive at) addiction.
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 נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
קָרוֹב לְוַדַּאי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Hebrew has a way of sounding a bit overconfident sometimes. We use surely to mean probably, as in: הוּא בֶּטַח יַגִּיעַ תּוֹךְ שְׁתֵּי דַּקּוֹת. He’ll probably (surely) arrive within two minutes. listen And we mean to say more than likely, we’re literally…
יִצּוּגִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word לְיַצֵּג listen and repeat means to represent or to act on behalf of someone, and מְיַצֵּג listen and repeat is one of the words for representative. For example: רוֹאַת הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן שֶׁלִּי הִיא הַמְּיַצֶּגֶת שֵׁלִּי בִּרְשׁוּת הַמִּסִּים. My (female) accountant is my representative at the…