Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לא-תרצח-#.m4a” /]לֹא תִרְצָח You may recognize לא תרצח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לא-תרצח-#.m4a” /] – thou shalt not murder – from the Ten Commandments, which in Hebrew is literally the Ten Statements – עשרת הדברות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לא-תרצח-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לא-תרצח-#.m4a” /]בעשרת הדברות כתוב “לא תרצח”. In the Ten Commandments, it says “thou shalt not murder.” Nowadays, you’ll only hear such language…

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/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /]לְהִסְתּוֹבֵב As we saw yesterday, לטייל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /] means to travel leisurely. And indeed: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /]אפשר לטייל בשכונה. One can travel leisurely/walk around the neighborhood. But a more common word for walking around is להסתובב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /] – literally, to turn around. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /]שרה, בואי נסתובב קצת כאן בטיילת. Sarah, let’s…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /]טַיֶּלֶת If you’ve taken our Level 3 class, you know the special Hebrew word for to travel leisurely – לטייל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /]. A place meant for such lazy walking – a promenade – is טיילת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /]מהטיילת בארמון הנציב אפשר לראות כמעט את כל ירושלים. From the promenade…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ארמון-#.m4a” /]אַרְמוֹן The Hebrew word for palace is ארמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ארמון-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ארמון-#.m4a” /]מה נראה לכם, שאני גר בארמון? שיש לי מטוס פרטי? What do you guys think, that I live in a palace? That I have a private jet? Though it appears in Biblical Hebrew, the word ארמון probably originates in…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /]מָטוֹס פְּרָטִי Once upon a time, airplanes in English were called aeroplanes, Aeroplane has fallen out of use, at least in the US. Likewise, Israelis used to call a plane אווירון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /], deriving from the word אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /] – air. But today the common word is מטוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /], which derives from the word לטוס[audioclip…