conversation: how to say “I got lost” in Hebrew
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /]הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה How do you say the Old City in Hebrew? העיר העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /], where העיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the city and העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the old (yes, literally it’s the city, the old – that’s how Hebrew works). Say עתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] – old out loud. Better yet, say its masculine…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /]מְשׁוֹרֵר We’ve seen that שיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] means song, and שירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] means poetry. A poet is a משורר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] if he’s male and משוררת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /]למה התכוון המשורר עם השיר הזה? What did the poet intend with this poem? In the word משורר you…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /]שִׁירָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for song – שיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /]. You may also know the word for to sing – לשיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /], a hollow פעל verb. Now, since שיר refers not only to a song but also to a poem, the word for poetry is שירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שירה-#.m4a” /]. It’s also a…
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew