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/2018/07/ענק-#.m4a” /]עֲנָק The word ענק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ענק-#.m4a” /] refers to a giant person: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ענק-#.m4a” /]האם באמת מצאו שלד של ענק? Did they really find a skeleton of a giant? Israelis also use it as an expression of enthusiasm and great approval: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ענק-#.m4a” /]הוא סיים קורס טייס? ענק! He finished the pilots’ course? Amazing! (Giant!)…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלד-#.m4a” /]שֶׁלֶד Here’s one of those words that’s not super useful but you might well run into at some point: שלד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלד-#.m4a” /] – skeleton. Here it is in a possible conversation: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלד-#.m4a” /]אתה לא אוכל כלום – אתה נראה כמו שלד! You (a male) don’t eat anything – you look like a skeleton!…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/כלום-#.m4a” /]כְּלוּם, שׁוּם דָּבָר Modern Hebrew has two ways to say nothing in Hebrew: כלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/כלום-#.m4a” /] and שום דבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/כלום-#.m4a” /]. Biblical Hebrew has a third: מאומה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/כלום-#.m4a” /]. Like אף אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/כלום-#.m4a” /], the words כלום and שום דבר take לא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/כלום-#.m4a” /] in a sentence: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/כלום-#.m4a” /]אף אחד לא יודע כלום…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אף-אחד-#.m4a” /]אַף אֶחָד The Hebrew expression for no one or nobody is אף אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אף-אחד-#.m4a” /]. In sentences, it’s used with לא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אף-אחד-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אף-אחד-#.m4a” /]אף אחד לא יודע על זה, אל תגלי. Nobody knows about this, don’t tell. (spoken to a female) People tend to think that אף אחד לא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אף-אחד-#.m4a”…