Let these 10 terms color up your Purim. חג שמח ומבדח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/פורים-#.m4a” /] – happy, fun holiday! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] 8. יַיִן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/פורים-#.m4a” /] – wine It comes as no surprise that a word so basic to human life as wine would be virtually the same word across languages as diverse as English and Japanese. In Hebrew…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]עִיצּוּב To design, in Hebrew, is the פיעל verb לעצב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]. Its noun form is עיצוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]היא למדה עיצוב פנים בבצלאל, בירושלים. She studied interior design at Bezalel, in Jerusalem. Even though the root of these words ,ע.צ.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /], has the same letters as the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /]יוֹם מְנוּחָה שבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /] is the Hebrew name of the seventh day of the week. English’s Sabbath is just a transliteration of the Hebrew, which means refraining from working. A day of rest is יום מנוחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /]בישראל, כל עובד זכאי ליום מנוחה שבועי. In Israel, every employee is entitled…
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/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /]נוֹצְרִי The Hebrew word for Christianity is נצרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /], and a Christian is נוצרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /] if he’s male or נוצריה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /]הנוצרים בישראל מהווים כ-2% מהאוכלוסייה. (The) Christians in Israel make up about 2% of the population. The words נצרות and נוצרי come from…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /]מִיטּוּב, אִפְּטוּם It’s been customary in the Israeli high-tech field to communicate with colleagues in English, even if they’re all Israelis. I hear that this is changing, but even if it does change, terms like אפטום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /] – a Hebraized version of optimization – will probably stick. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /]המוצר…