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ByAmi Steinberger

  To buy something is לִקְנוֹת (leek-NOHT). To acquire something, or to purchase, is לִרְכוֹש (leer-KHOHSH). The act of acquiring or purchasing is רְכִישָׁה (re-khee-SHAH).   So the acquiring of a language is רְכִישַׁת שָׂפָה (re-khee-SHAHT sah-FAH). The ה in the word רכישה becomes a ת, as the word is connected to the following word in a linguistic relationship called…

daily video – how to say “to please” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio, start playing the video and then click the settings icon at the bottom-right of the video and change the playback speed. תמליל של הכתוביות בעברית אהלן חברים יקרים כתבתי על המילה "לרצות" בהקשר של לגרום למישהו אחר להרגיש טוב להתחבב על מישהו אחר אבל יש מובן אחר למילה "לרצות" שהוא...

how to say “a wild person”, “a rascal” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-1.m4a” /]פֶּרֶא אָדָם Earlier this week we saw that the Hebrew word פרוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-2.m4a” /] means wild or loose. Though the letters א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-3.m4a” /] and ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-4.m4a” /] had two (well, actually three) distinct sounds in Biblical Hebrew, these were close enough that sometimes an א might replace an ע. This seems to be the case with the word…

daily video – how to say “to complete” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “riot” in Hebrew

how to say “riot” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/התפרעות-#.m4a” /]הִתְפָּרְעוּת The Hebrew word for riot is התפרעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/התפרעות-#.m4a” /], the noun version of the התפעל verb להתפרע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/התפרעות-#.m4a” /] – to go wild. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/התפרעות-#.m4a” /]ההתפרעויות הפכו לאירוע יומי. The riots have become a daily event. The root of these words is פ.ר.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/התפרעות-#.m4a” /], which means letting go.  A related…

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…