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/שער-#.m4a” /]שַׁעַר Given the importance of this item to civilization, the Hebrew word for gate or opening – שער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שער-#.m4a” /] – is one of the oldest, and may even be related to the German word Tor – gate or door (perhaps door is related as well). שער is also used to mean a book cover, as well as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /]תַּחֲנָה מֶרְכָּזִית This is a particularly useful expression, both for people who use public transportation in Israel and for those who don’t use it themselves but drop off and pick up friends and family who do. The expression is תחנה מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /], where תחנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /] means station and מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תחנה-מרכזית-#.m4a” /] means central….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/yo-#.m4a” /]סַע! לֵךְ! קָדִימָה! In English, to give someone a green light to do something, you might say go! or go ahead! In Hebrew, you’re likely to hear people saying !סע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/סע-#.m4a” /], which means literally travel! For example, the motto of one of Israeli’s shared car services (CityCar) is: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/סע-#.m4a” /]פשוט קח…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /]פָּשׁוּט Whereas in English it takes three (albeit short) words to say it’s just that…, Hebrew keeps it simple with one word: פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /], which means, well simple or simply. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /]לא התכוונתי להתעלם ממך, פשוט הייתי נורא עסוק. I didn’t mean to ignore you (a female), it’s just that I…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְעַלֵּם The Hebrew word for world is עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /], though the Biblical meaning is eternity. The root of עולם is ע.ל.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /] meaning concealment. So when ע.ל.מ gets plugged into the reflexive התפעל verb form, we get to ignore (to pretend that something is not there) – להתעלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a”…