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שְׁלוּחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /] One of the key terms in a phone directory is extension – in Hebrew, שלוחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-2.mp3″ /]נא המתינו להעברת השיחה לשלוחה. Please wait for the call to be transferred to the extension. (the standard recording you might have heard has a female voice) The word שלוחה comes from…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /]בְּכֹשֶׁר (בְּכֹּשֶׁר) We may tend to think of the Hebrew word כשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /] as meaning edible by observant Jews – in other words, kosher. And indeed, כשר means fit to be consumed or done. So it makes sense that the word for fitness is כושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to be in shape is להיות בכושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/בכושר-#.m4a” /], or…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/סתימה-בכיור-#.m4a” /]סְתִימָה בַּכִּיּוֹר The water won’t go down no matter the amount of chemical solution you pour into the sink. It’s time to call the plumber and tell him:  [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/סתימה-בכיור-#.m4a” /]יש סתימה בכיור. My sink is clogged. or literally: There’s a blockage in the sink. סתימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/סתימה-בכיור-#.m4a” /] is a noun form of…