[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מגניב-#.m4a” /]מַגְנִיב Like English, Hebrew has several words to express casual approval, awe and agreement – cool, nice, awesome, etc. Hebrew has some too – מדהים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מגניב-#.m4a” /] (amazing), מדליק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מגניב-#.m4a” /] (turns one on), מהמם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מגניב-#.m4a” /] (shocking in a good way) – but perhaps the coolest of the cool words is מגניב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מגניב-#.m4a” /]….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /]מַעֲבִיד, מַעֲסִיק If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for work – עבודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /]. Following this root ע.ב.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] we get the words עובד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] and עובדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] – employee (male and female, respectively), עבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] – (male) slave, and מעביד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אישור-#.m4a” /]אִישּׁוּר לאשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אישור-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb, means to confirm or to validate. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אישור-#.m4a” /]נא לאשר הגעה עד סוף החודש. Please confirm (intention for) arrival by the end of the month. Likewise, אישור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אישור-#.m4a” /] is confirmation. Israelis use this word all the time, often referring to a certificate of confirmation, as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אספת-הורים-#.m4a” /]אֲסֵפַת הוֹרִים To gather in Hebrew is the simple verb לאסוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אספת-הורים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אספת-הורים-#.m4a” /]מי אוסף את הילדים היום? Who’s picking up (gathering) the kids today? A gathering is אספה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אספת-הורים-#.m4a” /], so that a gathering of parents (with the teachers implied) – what’s called in the States parent-teacher conferences – is אספת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ביגוד-חורף-#.m4a” /]בִּיגּוּד חוֹרֶף The Hebrew word for clothes is בגדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ביגוד-חורף-#.m4a” /], while a single garment is בגד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ביגוד-חורף-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ביגוד-חורף-#.m4a” /]יש חנות בגדים פה באזור? Is there a clothing store here in the area? Clothing in general – apparel – is ביגוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ביגוד-חורף-#.m4a” /], so ביגוד חורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ביגוד-חורף-#.m4a” /] is winter apparel. For…