Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /]לִבְלוֹעַ The Hebrew word for to swallow is לבלוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /]קשה לו לבלוע כדורים. It’s hard for him to swallow pills. Like in English, לבלוע can also be used figuratively, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /]קשה לבלוע את המצב החדש הזה. It’s hard to swallow this new situation. לבלוע is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]שֶׁקֶר וְכָזָב The basic Hebrew word for a lie is שקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /], while to lie is the פיעל verb לשקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]אני נשבע לך, אני לא משקר! I (a male) swear to you (a female), I’m not lying! Now, שקר is the basic word. But the literary word for a…

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/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /]אִיפּוּס The Hebrew word for to reset is the פיעל verb לאפס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /] – literally, to bring back to zero (the word for zero is אפס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /]). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /]שכחתי את הסיסמה – אני צריך לאפס אותה. I forgot my (the) password – I (a male) need to reset it. Reset…