Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /]מְבֻגָּר The Hebrew word for mature is בוגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /] for a male and בוגרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /] for a female. Someone elderly or mature in the sense of age is מבוגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /] or מבוגרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מבוגר-#.m4a” /]שוחחתי היום עם אישה מבוגרת שגרה בעיר העתיקה. I spoke today with an elderly woman…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשוחח-#.m4a” /]לְשׂוֹחֵחַ Truth is, there isn’t really a good translation for to schmooze in Hebrew. לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשוחח-#.m4a” /] means to talk, and its synonym לשוחח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשוחח-#.m4a” /] means to have a conversation. The latter is the closest Hebrew has to the cozy Yiddish word. Here’s לשוחח in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשוחח-#.m4a” /]דוד, בוא אלי לעיר העתיקה ונשוחח. David,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עתיקות-#.m4a” /]עַתִּיקוֹת The Hebrew word עתיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עתיקות-#.m4a” /] means ancient, but it can also refer to an antique – though the word usually appears in the plural: עתיקות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עתיקות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עתיקות-#.m4a” /]אל תגעו בעתיקות – הן שבירות! Don’t touch the antiques – they’re fragile! עתיק comes to Hebrew via Biblical Aramaic. Though the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]שָׁבִיר The Hebrew word for to break is the simple verb לשבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]אני לא שברתי את הקערה! I didn’t break the bowl! Something breakable – or fragile – is שביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /], a word of the same root as לשבור. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]ספלים מחרסינה הם שבירים ביותר. Porcelain…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חרסינה-#.m4a” /]חַרְסִינָה The Hebrew word for ceramic or earthenware is חרס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חרסינה-#.m4a” /]. But another material often confused with ceramic – porcelain – is חרסינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חרסינה-#.m4a” /]. For example, one might wonder: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חרסינה-#.m4a” /]מה ההבדל בין חרס לחרסינה? What’s the difference between ceramic and porcelain? Turns out that the main difference is that חרסינה is less porous than חרס…

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…