conversation: how to say “Damascus” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אלחוטי-1.m4a” /]אַלְחוּטִי I imagine that this post will be passe in a few years, when wired connections may be a thing of the past. But it’s relevant now, and that’s what matters to you. A wire or thread in Hebrew is a חוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אלחוטי-2.m4a” /], as in the Biblical-Hebrew verse from קהלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אלחוטי-3.m4a” /] – Ecclesiastes: [audioclip…

טֶלֶפוֹן חָכָם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-1.mp3″ /] You’re likely to hear Israelis referring to their Apple or Android devices as סְמַארְטְפוֹנִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-2.mp3″ /]. But more and more you’re like to also hear a smartphone referred to as טֶלֶפוֹן חָכָם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-3.mp3″ /]רַק לְהַיּוֹם, מִבְצַע עַל כָּל הַטֶּלֶפוֹנִים הַחֲכָמִים. For today only, a sale on all…

  שִׁלְשׁוֹם  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     Today, in Hebrew, is הַיּוֹם  listen and repeat.   Yesterday is אֶתְמוֹל  listen and repeat.   And two days ago? That’s שִׁלְשׁוֹם  listen and repeat.   For example:   דִּבַּרְתִּי אִתּוֹ שִׁלְשׁוֹם. I spoke with him the day before yesterday.  listen    The modern usage of שלשום…