[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברירת-מחדל-#.m4a” /]בְּרֵירַת מֶחְדָּל, דִּיפוֹלְט While Israelis certainly use דיפולט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברירת-מחדל-#.m4a” /] to mean default, there’s also the properly-Hebrew expression, ברירת מחדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברירת-מחדל-#.m4a” /] – literally, option of lack of action – since the default is what happens when we don’t take action. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברירת-מחדל-#.m4a” /]צבע ברירת המחדל של הרקע הוא לבן. The default…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/קוץ-בתחת-#.m4a” /]קוֹץ בַּתַּחַת English has several ways of saying this, from the rated-G pain in the neck to the more obscene versions. While Israelis tend to use other words to describe people who get on their nerves, such as קרציה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/קוץ-בתחת-#.m4a” /] – a tick or a flea, there’s also the expression קוץ בתחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/קוץ-בתחת-#.m4a” /] – a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /]נִכְוֵויתִי, נִשְׂרַפְתִּי While the נפעל verb להישרף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /] means to get burned in the sense of being consumed by flames, להיכוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /] – also a נפעל verb – means to get burned by something very hot other than fire, such as: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /]נגעתי בטעות ברדיאטור ונכוויתי. I touched the radiator by…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /]לְבַד The basic word for alone is לבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /]השאירו אותו לבד בבית. They left him home alone (alone, at home). If you’re writing something a bit flowery, you might want to pin an ending on לבד as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לבד-#.m4a” /]כל אנשי הצוות המקוריים עזבו, והיא נותרה לבדה….
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/2022/01/מכונה-#.m4a” /]מְכוֹנָה Machines didn’t exist in Biblical times – at least not enough of a variety of them to be lumped into a category and given a name. The word מכונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מכונה-#.m4a” /] (which today means machine) did exist, but it referred to the base of permanent structure. So when it came time for the makers…