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– הסרט הזה מעולה –
פשוט חובה לראות!
– למה? מה כל כך טוב בו?
– יש אקשן, יש אהבה,
יש הכל!
– יש עלילה טובה?
– מי צריך עלילה טובה?
– This movie is great –
it’s simply a must-see!
– Why? What’s so good about it?
– There’s action, there’s love,
there’s everything!
– Is there a good plot?
– Who needs a good plot?
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
כָּבוֹד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for respect or honor – כבוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-1.mp3″ /] – is related to the word for heavy – כבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-2.mp3″ /]: treating someone with respect is the opposite of taking them lightly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-3.mp3″ /]הפתרון לכל בעיה בינאישית מתחיל עם כבוד. The solution to any interpersonal problem starts with respect. A related word…
שׁוֹפֵט listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? We’ve seen that מִשְׁפָּט listen and repeat refers to that unit of speech or writing called sentence, and that its root is שׁ.פ.ט (sh.p.t) meaning judgment. Likewise, a judge in most courts is a שׁוֹפֵט listen and repeat or שׁוֹפֶטֶת listen and repeat (male and female, respectively). An example from…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /]מַקְרֵן The Hebrew word for projector, the kind you might use to show movies on your wall at home or presentations in your office, is מקרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /]אנחנו צריכים מקרן כדי שכולנו נראה את המצגת. We need a projector so that all of us can see the presentation. (see…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /]סִדְרַת טֵלֵוִיזְיָה While in English we talk about a TV show, in Hebrew we call it a TV series – סדרת טלוויזיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /], or סדרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /] for short. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סדרת-טלוויזיה-#.m4a” /]היפים והאמיצים היא אחת הסדרות המוצלחות ביותר בהיסטוריה. The Bold and the Beautiful is one of the most successful shows in history. You…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-1.m4a” /]בֵּית זִקּוּק The letters כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-2.m4a” /] and ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-3.m4a” /] sound alike in Modern Hebrew, when the כ is hard. In ancient times they sounded different, but similar. Sometimes meanings of roots and words are similar when in one root there’s a כ and in the other there’s a ק. One such…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסגת-ההר-1.m4a” /]פִּסְגַּת הָהָר One of Jerusalem’s northern neighborhoods, close to the university on הר הצופים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסגת-ההר-2.m4a” /] (Mt. Scopus), is פסגת זאב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסגת-ההר-3.m4a” /] – Pisgat Zeev. This means literally, Zeev’s (mountain) Peak or Zeev’s Summit. Unattached to another word, peak or summit is פסגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסגת-ההר-4.m4a” /]. For example hikers or competitive business people might say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסגת-ההר-5.m4a”…