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– אני מצטערת, אבל לא אוכל
להגיע באותו ערב.
– למה?
– יש בר מצווה לבן של השכנים.
– תירוצים, תירוצים…
– I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to come that evening.
– Why?
– My neighbors’ son has a Bar Mitzvah.
– Excuses, excuses…
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְאַפֵּק להתאפק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /] (a התפעל verb) is to resist in the sense of abstaining from acting on an impulse. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /]הילד לא הצליח להתאפק ואכל את שאר העוגה. The boy couldn’t (didn’t succeed to) resist and ate the rest of the cake. Likewise, restraint is איפוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /], as…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כהה-1.m4a” /]כָּחֹל כֵּהֶה The Hebrew word for light-colored or bright is בהיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כהה-2.m4a” /] – thus light blue is כחול בהיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כהה-3.m4a” /]. As for dark-colored, it’s כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כהה-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כהה-5.m4a” /]היא אוהבת פרחים בצבע כחול כהה. She likes dark-blue flowers (flowers of the color dark blue). Likewise, dark skin is עור כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כהה-6.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייעץ-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְיָעֵץ People like to give advice – not many like receiving it unsolicited. The Hebrew word for advice is עצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייעץ-2.m4a” /], while pieces of advice are עצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייעץ-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייעץ-4.m4a” /]יש לי כמה עצות בשיבלך. I have a few pieces of advice for you (a male). But solicited advice is…
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having trouble seeing the print? תַּחֲרוּת Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program The Modern-Hebrew word for competition and competitiveness is תַּחֲרוּת, whose (reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל) verb form – to compete – is לְהִתְחָרוֹת . An example: אוֹבָּמָה וְרוֹמְנִי הִתְחָרוּ בְּתַחֲרוּת צְמוּדָה. Obama and Romney competed in a tight competition. In Modern Hebrew, the words sound benign. But their…