Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]לַיַּשֵּׁב A human settlement of any kind is a יישוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]. Its root is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /], meaning sitting or dwelling. Now, יישוב is a verbal noun: it derives from the פיעל verb ליישב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /], to settle. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]האירופאים הראשונים התחילו ליישב את אמריקה לפני אלף שנה. The first Europeans…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אחרת-#.m4a” /]אַחֶרֶת You may know the word אחר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אחרת-#.m4a” /] – other/another or different, and its feminine version אחרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אחרת-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אחרת-#.m4a” /]אני אלך למכולת אחרת. I’ll go to different grocery shop. But did you know that אחרת also means otherwise?  Here’s an example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אחרת-#.m4a” /]תתכסי בשמיכה, שרה, אחרת יהיה לך קר. Cover…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְכַּסּוֹת Although technically it’s fall, Israelis call November חורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /] – winter.  You might very well hear people saying things like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /]אני אוהב להתכסות בשמיכת פוך. I like covering myself up with a duvet. (see full conversation) להתכסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /] is a התפעל verb from the root כ.ס.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להתכסות-#.m4a” /]…