Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /]יוֹם רָגִיל The Hebrew word for day is יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /], while the word for regular is רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /]. Thus, a regular day is יום רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /]איך היה היום שלי? מה אני אגיד, היה יום רגיל. How was my day? What can (will) I say? It was a regular…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /]נוֹרְמָלִיּוּת   The Hebrew word for normal is נורמלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /], adding the י-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /] ending to the borrowed word נורמל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /], thus making it an adjective.   To create the word normalcy, we add the יות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /] ending (just as English adds -ness to the end of a word),…

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…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /]מִפְעַל חַיִּים Even if you have no Hebrew background whatsoever, you’ve probably heard the toast, !לחיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] – to life! חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] is life, while מפעל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] is literally a factory, but also an enterprise or undertaking. Thus מפעל חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] is someone’s life’s work or lifework. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /]הקורונה…