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how to say “perception” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תפיסה-#.m4a” /]תְּפִיסָה Perception is a very abstract concept. But like most abstract concepts, the Hebrew word for it – תפיסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תפיסה-#.m4a” /] – is based on something very physical, down-to-earth: לתפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תפיסה-#.m4a” /] – to grab or to hold. When we perceive something, we grab reality and hold it in our mind a certain way. Likewise, one of the…
how to say “stop sign” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-1.m4a” /]שֶׁלֶט עֲצֹר The term for stop sign they teach in Israeli drivers education is תמרור עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-2.m4a” /] – literally, stop signpost. However, most Israelis call that red and white hand symbol שלט עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-1.m4a” /] – stop sign, where שלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-3.m4a” /] means posted sign just like any other, and !עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-4.m4a” /] is the imperative (command)…
how to say “weather forecasting” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חזאות-1.m4a” /]מֶטֶאוֹרוֹלוֹגְיָה, חַזָּאוּת As with other sciences, Hebrew uses the international word for meteorology (weather forecasting): מטאורולוגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חזאות-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חזאות-3.m4a” /]היא הלכה ללמוד מטאורולוגיה באוניברסיטה העברית. She went to study meteorology at the Hebrew University. But there’s also a proper Hebrew term: חזאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חזאות-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חזאות-5.m4a” /]המילה “מטאורולוגיה”, בעברית…
how to say “to forget” in Hebrew
לִשְׁכּוֹחַ Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to forget is ַלִשְׁכּוֹח , as in the Biblical context of agricultural gifts to the poor: וְשָׁכַחְתָּ עֹמֶר בַּשָּׂדֶה… and should you forget a bundle (of grain) in the field… It’s a simple verb of the root שׁ.כ.ח (sh.k.kh). A couple of…