– to describe. . עִם שְׁתֵּי רַגְלַיִם עַל הַקַּרְקַע A person having both feet on the ground refers to this person being sensible, realistic, practical. The Hebrew expression means the same thing. For example, הוּא בָּחוּר עם שתי רגליים על הקרקע (hoo bah-KHOOR eem SHTEH-ee rahg-LAH-yeem ahl hah-kahr-KAH) – He’s a guy with both (literally, two) feet on…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]אַסְטְרָטֶגִי Here’s a word you’ll probably find easy to recall, since it’s virtually the same word in English: a strategy is אסטרטגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /], while strategic is אסטרטגי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]הבסיס ממוקם במקום אסטרטגי ברמת הגולן. The base is located at a strategic place on the Golan Heights. Both strategy and אסטרטגיה…
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-1.m4a” /]לַעֲבוֹר דִירָה Usually, English is the one with several words for one in Hebrew. To move is an exception, with לזוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-2.m4a” /] meaning to move as in not to stand still, להזיז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-3.m4a” /] meaning to move something else, and לעבור דירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-1.m4a” /] meaning to move (house), where דירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעבור-דירה-4.m4a” /] means apartment or, more generally, place…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/דרכון-#.m4a” /]דַּרְכּוֹן You may hear some Israelis still saying פספורט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/דרכון-#.m4a” /] in reference to this important document, but the proper Hebrew word for it is דרכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/דרכון-#.m4a” /]. So that at the airport, you may be requested: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/דרכון-#.m4a” /]דרכון וכרטיס עלייה למטוס, בבקשה. Passport and boarding pass, please. This modern-day document דרכון…
נְתוּנִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נתונים-1.mp3″ /] I remember from high-school geometry that we had to rely on the givens to solve or a problem or to prove something. With my family’s moving to Israel and then back to the States, I benefited from taking geometry twice, thus learning the terms in both languages. Givens in Hebrew is a…