Author: Ami Steinberger

Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/חובה-לראות-#.m4a” /]חוֹבָה לִרְאוֹת I’m excited for Season 3 of Fauda, coming out sometime in 2019. The first two seasons are must-sees. How would you say this in Hebrew? Let’s look at how the idea of obligation shows up in Hebrew. You need in Hebrew is אתה צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/חובה-לראות-#.m4a” /] to a male, את צריכה[audioclip…



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/2019/03/מטורף-#.m4a” /]מְטֹרָף If you know a bit of Yiddish, you may know the word meshugena – a crazy person. The original Hebrew form of this is משוגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/מטורף-#.m4a” /]. But Hebrew has another word for insane – מטורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/מטורף-#.m4a” /]. And like in English, מטורף doesn’t have to speak only of a person with a fragile…

[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17.3.2019-conv-5.m4a" /] - בעונה הזאת בגליל יש נופים מטורפים. - מה את אומרת שניסע? - מתי? - עכשיו. - עכשיו…? בעצם, למה לא? נהיה ספונטניים. - In this season in the Galilee there are insane views. - What do you say that we go? - When? - Now. - Now...? Actually, why not? Let's...

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]לִגְלוֹל The Hebrew root ג.ו.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /] is about roundness. We see it in the word for marbles – גולות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]. ג.ו.ל sometimes appears as another root – ג.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /], as in the simple verb to scroll – לגלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]צריך לגלול עד סוף הדף. You need to scroll to…

[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17.3.2019-conv-4.m4a" /] - אני לא רואה איפה צריך למלא את הפרטים שלי. - צריך לגלול עד סוף הדף. יש שם טופס. - אה, עכשיו מצאתי. תודה. - I don't see where to fill out my details. - You need to scroll to the end of the page. There's a form there. - Ah, now...

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]דַּף גְּמָרָא Talmud, the collection of Jewish legal wisdom and folklore, is a Hebrew word – תלמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], deriving from the root ל.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /] meaning study. But there’s another word for Talmud which comes from Aramaic – גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]. And a page or folio of גמרא is דף גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], as in:…

[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17.3.2019-conv-3.m4a" /] - איך היה ליל שבת עם רוני ומירי? - היה נהדר. אני ורוני עשינו לילה לבן על דף גמרא אחד. - דף גמרא אחד לוקח לילה שלם ללמוד? - לוקח יותר. למדנו רק חצי ממנו. - How was Friday night with Ronny and Miri? - It was great. Ronny and I did...