Conan and Fauda

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-1.m4a” /]אוּף! In Israel’s version of Sesame Street, there’s a character that parallels Oscar the Grouch. In Hebrew, his name is משה אופניק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-2.m4a” /] – Moshe Oofnick. That’s because he always says אוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-1.m4a” /] – ugh! in a show of disdain. Here’s the word אוף itself in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-3.m4a” /]אוף, עוד…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/דייקנות-#.m4a” /]דַּיְקָנוּת We’ve seen that מדויק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/דייקנות-#.m4a” /] means precise, which is itself related to the words דקדוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/דייקנות-#.m4a” /] – grammar and בדיוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/דייקנות-#.m4a” /] – exactly. Another related word is דייקנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/דייקנות-#.m4a” /] – timeliness.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/דייקנות-#.m4a” /]בחברה הזאת יש צורך בדייקנות. In this company there is a need for timeliness. דייקנות comes from…