[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/לעזאזל-#.m4a” /]לַעֲזָאזֵל Although in day-to-day speech לעזאזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/לעזאזל-#.m4a” /] has fallen out of use, you’ll still find it in subtitles for Israeli TV and film in place of your favorite English curse word. It can mean anything from to hell with it and what the hell? to other items I don’t want to spell out on…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/כרגע-#.m4a” /]כָּרֶגַע, כָּעֵת In addition to עכשיו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/כרגע-#.m4a” /] – now, Hebrew has two ways of saying at the moment: כרגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/כרגע-#.m4a” /] (literally as of the moment) and כעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/כרגע-#.m4a” /] (as of the time). In everyday speech you’ll hear כרגע, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/כרגע-#.m4a” /]כרגע אנחנו נמצאים בשער יפו. At the moment we’re…
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/2021/04/נפנף-#.m4a” /]נַפְנַף The American barbecue scene is dominated by large, sturdy grills that run on gas or electricity. While more and more Israelis now own such grills, there’s still a strong culture of barbecuing in the park or in the forest using portable grills – מנגלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/נפנף-#.m4a” /] – especially on יום העצמאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/נפנף-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במותם-#.m4a” /]בְּמוֹתָם צִיוּוּ לָנוּ אֶת הַחַיִּים Today is יום הזיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במותם-#.m4a” /] – Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. At ceremonies all over the country you’ll hear במותם ציוו לנו את החיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במותם-#.m4a” /] – literally, with their death they commanded us life, similar to the expression in English, they died that we might live. Here’s…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /]מִכְבָּסָה While כביסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /] is laundry, מכבסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /] (colloquially pronounced מַכְבְּסָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /]*) is a business that specializes in doing people’s laundry for them (or renting them machines to do it themselves), what one might call the cleaners or a laundromat. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מכבסה-#.m4a” /]צריך להביא את הבגדים למכבסה. (We) need…