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how to say “to snuggle” in Hebrew
לְהִתְכַּרְבֵּל Can’t read Hebrew yet? In Israel, the winter has returned. It’s raining this week, and it’s time to snuggle under the covers. The Hebrew word for that is לְהִתְכַּרְבֵּל , a reflexive-intensive verb of a four-letter root. It appears in Biblical Hebrew (origin uncertain), where its root means to enwrap oneself….
how to say “to separate” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/להפריד-#.m4a” /]לְהַפְרִיד להפריד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/להפריד-#.m4a” /] means to separate two things one from the other. It’s always followed by a form of בין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/להפריד-#.m4a” /] – between. For example, you may find yourself saying to children: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/להפריד-#.m4a” /]אם לא תתנהגו יפה אצטרך להפריד ביניכם. If you don’t behave nicely I’ll have to separate (between) you two. להפריד…
how to say “these” in Hebrew
The basic word for these is אלה, as in: אלה המשקפיים שאיבדתי! These are the glasses I lost! and את באמת רוצה לקנות את אלה? Do you (a female) really want to buy these? There’s also אלו, which people tend to use in order to sound smart. It’s used in exactly the same way as אלה. These…
Get speaking Hebrew… starting July 25 with Ulpan La-Inyan
Ulpan La-Inyan midsummer classes We’ve got a midsummer session of our fun, relaxed and highly-effective conversational Hebrew classes, starting on July 25 and running through September 2. We’re offering a variety of levels at the AACI in both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. I hope to see you in class! …
how to say “helicopter” in Hebrew
מַסּוֹק Can’t read Hebrew yet? The people at the Academy of the Hebrew Language work hard to introduce newly-constructed authentic Hebrew words into the vernacular, trying to catch up with the masses who already use foreign words for inventions of recent centuries such as the telephone (the term they came up with,…
a slang usage of the Hebrew word for “neighborhood”
having trouble seeing the print? שְׁכוּנָה On the streets of Israel you’ll hear people using the word שְׁכוּנָה – literally, neighborhood (related words discussed here) – to refer to something disappointingly amateurish. How did this expression come to be? Einat Kedem explains that the source lies in contrasting two levels of soccer (football) games: professional and neighborhood (less than professional). For…