Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]הֶבְדֵל We’ve seen that לשנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /] means to change something. Thus a change is שינוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]. But what about a difference? That’s הבדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]מה ההבדל בין קברנה למרלו? מה זה משנה? What’s the difference between Cabarnet and Merlot? What does it matter? הבדל is related to the הפעיל…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לא-משנה-#.m4a” /]לֹא מְשַׁנֶּה One of the Hebrew words for different is שונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לא-משנה-#.m4a” /]. Taking its root ש.נ.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לא-משנה-#.m4a” /] and plugging it into the פיעל verb form, we get לשנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לא-משנה-#.m4a” /] – to change something. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לא-משנה-#.m4a” /]עלינו על הכביש הלא נכון – צריך לשנות כיוון. We got on the wrong road…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /]מֶטֶר עַל מֶטֶר Hebrew has a vivid way of saying that a place is really small: מטר על מטר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /] – (one) meter by (one) meter. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /]זאת דירה קטנטונת, ממש מטר על מטר! It’s a tiny little apartment, really a meter by a meter! על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /] means…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/קטנטן-#.m4a” /]קְטַנְטַן Hebrew has a few ways of taking a word and making it small and cute (a diminutive). One of those ways is to somehow double the ending, as in: כלבלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/קטנטן-#.m4a” /] – puppy (dog is כלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/קטנטן-#.m4a” /]) חתלתול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/קטנטן-#.m4a” /] – kitten (cat is חתול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/קטנטן-#.m4a” /]) קטנטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/קטנטן-#.m4a” /] – tiny little (small or little…

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/2018/08/מסוגל-#.m4a” /]מְסֻגָּל If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the words יכול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מסוגל-#.m4a” /] (masculine) and יכולה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מסוגל-#.m4a” /] (feminine) – can, is able. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מסוגל-#.m4a” /]אתה יכול להגיע למדף העליון? Can you (a male) reach the top shelf? Another word for able is מסוגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מסוגל-#.m4a” /] or מסוגלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מסוגל-#.m4a” /]. But…