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how to say “follow me!” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אַחֲרַי! Technically, follow me in Hebrew, when speaking to more than one person, is עקבו אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]. But you’re much more likely to hear people say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אחריי! After me! That’s because it says something about Israeli culture – that leadership is to be done by example. This dose’s video illustrates this…
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how to say “luggage” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? כְּבוּדָה LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The baggage claim area in Ben Gurion International Airport is labeled, in Hebrew, אִסּוּף כְּבוּדָה (ee-SOOF keh-voo-DAH) – literally, gathering of luggage. This translation of the English word luggage, כבודה, comes from the ancient Hebrew word for weighty or heavy – כָּבֵד, the same…
how to say “exciting” or “stirring emotion” in Hebrew
To get excited in Hebrew is לְהִתְרַגֵּש (le-heet-rah-GESH). It comes from the root ר.ג.ש (r.g.sh), which means, in Modern Hebrew, emotion. The word להתרגש falls into the התפעל (heet-pah-EHL) verb pattern. To say that something is exciting or stirring of emotion, you’d use the word מְרַגֵּש (me-rah-GESH). For example, a couple of the songs I played on…
how to say “underwater observatory” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /]מִצְפֵּה תַּת-יַמִּי Eilat, Israel’s resort town, hosts lots of attractions like water skiing, snorkeling, and an underwater observatory. The latter, in Hebrew, is מצפה תת-ימי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /]מהמצפה התת-ימי אפשר לראות גם כרישים! From the underwater observatory you can even see sharks! מצפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /] – observatory – comes…
how to say “satisfaction” in Hebrew
סִפּוּק Yesterday we had the word for supplier or provider, סַפָּק (sah-PAHK). The “ah-AH” vowel scheme of that word is common among professional terms. For example, a carpenter is a נַגָּר (nah-GAHR), one of the words for a butcher is קַצָּב (kah-TSAHV), etc. סַפָּק derives from the פיעל (pee-EHL) verb to provide or to satisfy – לְסַפֵּק (leh-sah-PEHK). So satisfaction is סִפּוּק…