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how to say “at the time” in Hebrew
The basic Hebrew word for time is זמן, though when asking someone what time is it? you’ll say literally, what’s the hour – מה השעה,? At the time is בזמנו,. For example: ,היום אנחנו גרים בעיר, אבל בזמנו גרנו במושב. Today we live in the city, but at the time, we lived on a moshav (agricultural settlement)….
Weekly Hebrew Review – not just any, not too bad!
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! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…
how to say “gray hair” and “cotton candy” in Hebrew
שֵׂעַר שֵׂיבָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word זִקְנָה means old age. It also has a more poetic, gentle synonym, שֵׂיבָה , as in the Biblical injunction found on the walls of Israeli buses today: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם before age you shall stand (Leviticus 19) Hence the term…
how to say “coffee cup” in Hebrew…
I tend to write a lot about verbs and adjectives, but once in a while a noun intrigues me. I just had a nice cup of tea. Hebrew’s equivalent of the English mug (not to mug, but a mug) is סֵפֶל (SEH-fel). This is what Ulpan La-Inyan students get when they come…
how to say “police” in Hebrew
מִשְׁטָרָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for police in the general sense, as in “the police,” is מִשְׁטָרָה . It derives from the root שׁ.ט.ר (sh.t.r), also the root of שׁוֹטֵר , and שׁוֹטֶרֶת , a police officer (male and female, respectively). The word falls into the same noun-forming template as…
how to say “back to the routine” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? חוֹזְרִים לַשִּׁגְרָה It’s now אַחֲרֵי הַחַגִּים – after the holidays – in Israel, which means that the government offices and most other offices, for that matter, are back to work. We might describe this time in Hebrew with the expression חוֹזְרִים לַשִּׁגְרָה – literally, going back to the routine….