Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/חדר-לידה-#.m4a” /]חֲדַר לֵידָה If ללדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/חדר-לידה-#.m4a” /] is to give birth, לידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/חדר-לידה-#.m4a” /] is the act of giving birth or delivering a baby. So a delivery room is חדר לידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/חדר-לידה-#.m4a” /]. For example, a nurse might say to an expecting father: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/חדר-לידה-#.m4a” /]בוא מהר, היא כבר נמצאת בחדר הלידה! Come fast, she’s already in the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אמירה-#.m4a” /]אֲמִירָה How do you say to go in the past tense in English, speaking for yourself? It’s I went. This can be confusing for adults who are just learning English, since they might expect it to be I goed. Hebrew does this too, sometimes. Take for example to say – in colloquial Hebrew this is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /]גָּדַלְתִּי עַל The Hebrew word לגדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /] means to grow, as well as to grow up. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/גדלתי-על-#.m4a” /]היא גדלה בפרבר של ניו יורק. She grew up in a suburb of New York. And as I say in English that I grew up on something such as Batman or Frosted Flakes,…

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…