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/2021/07/תירוש-#.m4a” /]תִּירוֹשׁ, מִיץ עֲנָבִים The Hebrew word for juice is מיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תירוש-#.m4a” /], as in: מיץ תפוחים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תירוש-#.m4a” /] – apple juice מיץ תפוזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תירוש-#.m4a” /] – orange juice מיץ עגבניות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תירוש-#.m4a” /] – tomato juice etc. But while מיץ ענבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תירוש-#.m4a” /] is a term people sometimes use to refer to grape juice, they’re more likely to…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]לְהַקְפִּיץ To jump, in Hebrew, is לקפוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to bounce – or to cause something to jump – is להקפיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. But this הפעיל verb has additional meanings including to make someone angry (to cause their blood pressure to jump), and to give someone a ride (to bounce them from one place to another,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]לְהִיכָּנַע, לְוַותֵּר The Hebrew word for to give up is להיכנע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], a נפעל verb of the root כ.נ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /] meaning surrender.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]הוא לא נכנע ללחצים חברתיים. He doesn’t give in to social pressures. Another word sometimes used as to give up is the פיעל verb לוותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…