Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /]תַּעֲצוֹם עֵינַיִים The generic Hebrew word for to close is לסגור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /], a פעל verb. But for closing eyes (עיניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /]), there’s a special verb: לעצום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /] – also a פעל verb. So to close (one’s) eyes is לעצום עיניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /]. Now suppose you’re putting a child to bed. If she’s a…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/פרצוף-תשעה-באב-#.m4a” /]פַּרְצוּף תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב Hebrew has two words for face – the biblical פנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/פרצוף-תשעה-באב-#.m4a” /], and a later word borrowed from Greek, פרצוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/פרצוף-תשעה-באב-#.m4a” /]. The latter word helps make up this Hebrew expression: פרצוף תשעה באב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/פרצוף-תשעה-באב-#.m4a” /] – a sad face, or literally, a face of Tisha B’Av. Why Tisha B’Av? Because this is…

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/זמזם-#.m4a” /]זַמְזַם The English word for buzzer is called that because of the sound it makes – bzzzzz. Same with Hebrew – זמזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]לחצתי על הזמזם חצי שעה, אבל הם לא פתחו את הדלת! I pressed the buzzer for half an hour, but they didn’t open the door! This…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /]קָפֶה נָמֵס Coffee is an international word. Even in Chinese the word is pretty much the same. In Hebrew it’s קפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /]היא בדרך כלל לא שותה קפה. She doesn’t usually drink coffee. What about instant coffee? That’s קפה נמס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /] – literally, melting coffee, as in: [audioclip…