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Summer Vacation – in Hebrew
Strictly speaking, חוֹפֶשׁ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/summer-vaca-4.wav” /] means freedom, while חֻפְשָׁה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/summer-vaca-5.wav” /] means vacation. חופשה is used correctly in terms such as חֻפְשַׁת לֵדָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/summer-vaca-6.wav” /] – maternity leave, and חופשת סֶמֶסְטֶר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/summer-vaca-7.wav” /] – semester break, but as for that vacation enjoyed every year by virtually all schoolchildren and teens, the term is הַחֹפֶשׁ הַגָּדוֹל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/summer-vaca-8.wav”…
10 Hebrew Words for the High Holidays
שנה חדשה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/high-holiday-#.m4a" /] - a new year The Hebrew word for year is שנה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/high-holiday-#.m4a" /], which is related to לשנות[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/high-holiday-#.m4a" /] - to repeat: years come one after the other in a sort of repetition. חדשה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/high-holiday-#.m4a" /] is the feminine form of new, so that שנה חדשה is a new year. תפוח בדבש[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/high-holiday-#.m4a"...
Top 10 Terms for Private Lessons
An office brainstorm generated these top 10 Hebrew terms for how we like to present private lessons to prospective students. Enjoy! 1. שִׁיעוּר פְּרָטִי[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PL-#.m4a" /] - private lesson The word שיעור[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PL-#.m4a" /] - lesson - originally meant measure of something; a lesson is a fixed amount of material learned. [audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PL-#.m4a" /]פרטי -...
A Hebrew Glossary for the Olympics
[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /]הָאוֹלִימְפִּיָּאדָה The Olympics 1. האולימפיאדה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] - The Olympics The connection between the English Olympics and the Hebrew אולימפיאדה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] is obvious. But what is that יאדה-[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] ending? Turns out it comes from Greek, and denotes a festival: The Olympics are certainly one. 2. המשחקים האולימפיים[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] -...
10 Hebrew Words for Purim
Let these 10 terms color up your Purim. חג שמח ומבדח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/פורים-#.m4a” /] – happy, fun holiday! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] 8. יַיִן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/פורים-#.m4a” /] – wine It comes as no surprise that a word so basic to human life as wine would be virtually the same word across languages as diverse as English and Japanese. In Hebrew…