Author: Ami Steinberger

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/עולם-#.m4a” /]עוֹלָם, תֵּבֵל The common word for world in Hebrew is עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עולם-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עולם-#.m4a” /]היא גרה בצד השני של העולם. She lives on the other side of the world. …and: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עולם-#.m4a” /]העוגיות האלה לא מעולם הזה! These cookies are out of (not from) this world! Another word for world, תבל[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עבמ-#.m4a” /]עַבָּ”מ UFO stands for unidentified flying object. Hebrew’s acronym is עב”מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עבמ-#.m4a” /], standing for עצם בלתי מזוהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עבמ-#.m4a” /], or literally, unidentified object (the fact that the object is flying is understood). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עבמ-#.m4a” /]הם חושבים שהם ראו עב”מ, אבל אנחנו יודעים שמדובר במטוס קרבי. They think they saw a UFO,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברד-#.m4a” /]בָּרָד ברד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברד-#.m4a” /] means literally hail, but an Israeli firm borrowed the word to name the local version of the Icee. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברד-#.m4a” /]ילדים, אתם רוצים גלידה או ברד? Kids, do you want ice cream or icees? Note that ברד remains singular in the example above – just like we don’t…