Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]אֱגוֹז The generic Hebrew term for nut is אגוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – in the plural אגוזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /], and when connected to another word in the plural, אגוזי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]. Like in English, we add something to the word in order to specify what kind of nut we’re talking about. Here are a few…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /]מֻגְזָם The Hebrew word for to exaggerate is להגזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb. It also means to go over the top with something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /]הגזמתם עם העוגה הזאת! You guys have gone over the top with this cake! (see full conversation) Something that is over the top is מוגזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /],…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]פֵּאָה The Hebrew term for wig (also toupee) is פאה נוכרית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /], usually shortened to simply פאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]זה לא השיער האמיתי שלו, זאת פאה. That’s not his real hair, it’s a wig. (see full conversation) The word פאה itself refers not only to such a hairpiece,…