[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /]בָּצֵק The kind of dough from which one might bake is בצק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /]הבצק מוכן – אפשר להכניס אותו לתנור. The dough is ready – you can put it in the oven. Another word, עיסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /], means dough as well, but can also refer to any…
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/הלוואי-#.m4a” /]הַלְּוַואי, מִי יִתֵּן, לוּ יְהִי Hebrew has several ways of expressing a wish such as “if only!” The one that Israelis use in everyday speech is הלוואי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/הלוואי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/הלוואי-#.m4a” /]הלוואי והיה לי זמן לעשות את הכול. If only I had time to do it all. הלוואי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/הלוואי-#.m4a” /] comes from…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /]אַלְפַּיִים The Hebrew word for one thousand is אלף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /]אלף תודות על המתנה הנפלאה! A thousand thanks for the wonderful gift! Likewise, three thousand is שלושת אלפים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], using the masculine-plural ים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /] ending. But what about two thousand? That’s אלפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], which uses the dual יים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]עוּגִיּוֹת Cookie or biscuit? To each his own dialect of English, but the digital world has decided that those trackers we’re asked to accept upon visiting websites are called cookies. In Hebrew, both the digital and the delicious are called עוגיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /], while a single cookie is עוגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]הילד אוכל…