Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /]סִדְרַת טֵלֵוִיזְיָה While in English we talk about a TV show, in Hebrew we call it a TV series – סדרת טלוויזיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /], or סדרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /] for short. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /]היפים והאמיצים היא אחת הסדרות המוצלחות ביותר בהיסטוריה. The Bold and the Beautiful is one of the most successful shows in history. You…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /]אַמִּיץ The Hebrew root א.מ.צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] means strong, bold, alert. It appears such words as מאמץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] – an effort and אמיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] – brave, when referring to a male. Brave referring to a female is אמיצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /]היא בחורה אמיצה ביותר. She is a very brave young…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /]שְׁרִירוּתִי The English word arbitrary could mean random or high-handed/authoritative (think about the legal process of arbitration). For the former, Israelis tend to use רנדומלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /] – random. But for the latter, the word is שרירותי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /]הוא מקבל באופן קבוע החלטות שרירותיות. He makes arbitrary decisions on a regular basis….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /]בְּאֹפֶן קָבוּעַ Regular in the sense of everyday, in Hebrew, is רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /]. This word comes from רגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /] – foot, something that moves at a regular pace (despite their similarity, the English regular most likely did not derive from רגיל, nor vice-versa).  רגיל also means used to, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /]היא רגילה לקום כל בוקר…