[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/media-files/whatsup-1.mp3″ /]מַה נִּשְׁמַע…? highly recommended for further vocabulary growth In English, we’ve got many ways of asking someone how they are feeling, what they are doing, etc, such as how are you? how’s it going? what’s up? how are you going (Australian)? how are you doing (American)? what’s going on? what’s happening? etc. In…
having trouble seeing the print? שִנָּנִית Get talking… in Hebrew. Class starts THIS SUNDAYin four locations with Ulpan La-Inyan. Ever run out of dental floss? I did this week… and my dental hygienist might give me a scolding if I don’t replace it soon. The Academy of the Hebrew Language came up with an…
having trouble seeing the print? מַעֲרֶכֶת הַחִסּוּן check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings It’s winter for most of us, and we’re aware that it’s time to shift into high gear with strengthening our immune systems. In Biblical and early Rabbinic times, however, people didn’t know of such physiological systems, so there…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/לתרום-דם-#.m4a” /]לִתְרוֹם דָּם The Hebrew word for to donate is לתרום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/לתרום-דם-#.m4a” /]. It’s a simple verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/לתרום-דם-#.m4a” /]כבר תרמנו כסף לארגון הזה. We’ve already donated money to this organization. The word for blood is unfortunately so basic to society that it’s virtually the same word across all Semitic languages – in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]לְהַכְחִישׁ, לְהִתְכַּחֵשׁ Hebrew has two ways of saying to deny. להכחיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /] means to deny a fact, to contradict it – directly, actively. It’s a הפעיל verb of the root כ.ח.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]הוא הכחיש את כל העובדות שהצביעו על כך שהוא אשם. He denied all the facts that pointed…