having trouble seeing the print? עֵר, עֵרָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. The Torah portion that will be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world is perhaps the strangest – הַמּוּזָרָה בְּיוֹתֵר (hah-moo-zah-RAH beh-yoh-TEHR) of all portions, featuring a talking (female) donkey – אָתוֹן מְדַבֶּרֶת (ah-TOHN meh-dah-BEH-ret) and…
הֶחְזֵר כַּסְפִּי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? A refund in Hebrew is הֶחְזֵר כַּסְפִּי listen and repeat – literally, a returning of funds. But more often than not, you’ll hear people abbreviating the expression to simply החזר listen and repeat. For example: תִּרְאִי אִם תּוּכְלִי לְקַבֵּל הֶחְזֵר מֵהַחֲנוּת. See if you can…
having trouble seeing the print? מִבְרֶשֶׁת שִׁנַּיִם listen and repeat A tooth is a שֵׁן (listen and repeat), while teeth are שִׁנַּיִם (listen and repeat) (a double form, even though many teeth are spoken of, not just two). A brush is a מִבְרֶשֶׁת (listen and repeat), though when the word was created in the 19th century, it may have been intended…
שְׁנָתִי The Hebrew word for year is שנה, which ends in the letter ה. Since the letter ה turns into a ת when a word ending with it gets expanded, the word for yearly or annual is שנתי. For example: השבוע הכיתה שלי יוצאת לטיול שנתי בצפון. This week my grade is going on a yearly…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /]פָּרִיט When referring to shop items, the Hebrew word is פריט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /]כל פריט מסומן לחוד. Each item is marked separately. פריט comes from the root פ.ר.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /] originally meaning broken off, also appearing in the word פרט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /] – detail and פרטי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /] – private.