[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]מִבְטָא Another great word to know from the root ב.ט.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] is מבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] – accent. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]יש לה מבטא לועזי. She has a foreign accent. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב לחקות מבטאים שונים. He likes imitating different accents. In Hebrew liturgy, מבטא also refers to verbal expression, as in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /]בִּטּוּי Just as in English there’s expression, saying, maxim, aphorism, etc, in Hebrew there are also several words for expression: אמירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] is literally a saying, ניב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] means both expression and dialect, פתגם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] is an expression with a moral, and ביטוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] is simply a verbal expression or phrase, originating from…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְבַּטֵּא One could use להביע את עצמו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] to mean to express oneself, but the more common expression is the התפעל verb להתבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]היא מתבטאת בצורה כובשת. She expresses herself in a captivating way. Sometimes להתבטא substitutes לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] – to speak – as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להביע-#.m4a” /]לְהַבִּיעַ, לְבַטֵּא Hebrew has two words for to express: לבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להביע-#.m4a” /] (a פיעל verb of the root ב.ט.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להביע-#.m4a” /]), which is more about the vocal expression of words, and להביע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להביע-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb of the root נ.ב.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להביע-#.m4a” /]. Today we’ll focus on להביע, while the next few days we’ll…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…