[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /]לְרַצּוֹת One of the first expressions we teach in our Level 1 course is אני רוצה – I want: אני רוצָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /] for a female, and אני רוצֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /] for a male. רוצה is a form of the simple verb לִרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לרצות-#.m4a” /] – to want, to desire. The פיעל version of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְחַבֵּק To hug someone is לחבק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /]אבא חיבק אותו חזק חזק. Dad hugged him very tight. To hug each other – to embrace one another – is להתחבק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /], a התפעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /]חבר’ה, במקום לריב, בואו נתחבק וזהו. Guys, instead…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/העברה-בנקאית-#.m4a” /]הַעֲבָרָה בַּנְקָאִית To pass or transfer something to someone else in Hebrew is להעביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/העברה-בנקאית-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb of the root ע.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/העברה-בנקאית-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/העברה-בנקאית-#.m4a” /]דוד, תעביר את המלח. David, pass the salt. Thus the act of transferring something is העברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/העברה-בנקאית-#.m4a” /]. So a bank transfer is העברה בנקאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/העברה-בנקאית-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]תּוּת שָׂדֶה A strawberry, in Hebrew, is תות שדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /] or simply תות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב משקה בטעם תות בננה. He likes a strawberry-banana flavored drink. תות most likely derives from Ancient Persian. תות שדה means literally תות of a field. Multiple strawberries are תותים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /].
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…