[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]חֲנִינָה Pardon, to English speakers from countries of the British Commonwealth, could mean excuse me (in Hebrew, סליחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]). But to Americans, pardon generally means one thing – getting off the hook for a crime. The Hebrew word for pardon in this sense is חנינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]רק…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a” /]תְּעַדְכֵּן אוֹתִי In English, when we want someone to update us about something, say, the date of a party or whether plane tickets are available, we might say let me know or keep me posted. In Hebrew, we use a future-tense form of לעדכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a” /] – to update. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /]סְתָם To joke around, in Hebrew, is להתבדח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /], while I’m joking is אני צוחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] if you’re a male and אני צוחקת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] if you’re a female. Both צוחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] and צוחקת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] are forms of the simple verb לצחוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /], which means literally to laugh….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קינמון-#.m4a” /]קִינָּמוֹן The Hebrew word for cinnamon is קינמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קינמון-#.m4a” /]. Now, you might be thinking that this is another word borrowed from English. And while I wish I could say that the opposite is true, since קימנון appears in the Torah itself, which predates the English language by millenia, it’s far more likely…
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/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /]עוֹבֵד זָר The Hebrew word for foreign is זר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] for something grammatically masculine, and זרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] for something feminine. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /]אני אוהב ללמוד שפות זרות. I like learning foreign languages. A foreign work is עובד זר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] if he’s male and עובדת זרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] if she’s female….