[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לקלות-1.m4a” /]לִקְלוֹת, לִצְלוֹת While in English a roast might involve a person (who doesn’t actually get eaten), in Hebrew the term refers only to food. Well, it’s two terms, one for veggies and one for meat. לקלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לקלות-2.m4a” /] means to roast that which grows from the ground, such as sunflower seeds and chestnuts. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לקלות-3.m4a”…
having trouble seeing the print? אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר (פְרָיֶר) Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! A more accurate translation of the phrase אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר is I’m no sucker, but the word sucker has fallen out of favor, having become somewhat foreign to English speakers in its meaning of someone naive, who easily taken advantage of….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /]עִידַּן הָאֶבֶן, תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן The word עידן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] means age in the sense of era (it’s also a common name, mostly for boys), so that עידן האבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] is the stone age, עידן הברזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] is the iron age, etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /]הוא חי בעידן האבן, לא מוכן…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]יִהְיֶה אֶפְשָׁר The word אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /] means it’s possible, as well as one may, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]אפשר להיכנס? May I come in? But what if you want to say that something was possible or will be possible? Just add a word for was: היה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /] ( if what was possible is feminine, הייתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]) …or…
having trouble seeing the print? מְקוֹמִי, מקוֹמִית Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us Today Israelis are voting for the local municipalities – הָרָשֻׁיּוֹת הַמְּקוֹמִיּוֹת . The Hebrew word for local is מְקוֹמִי in the masculine and מְקוֹמִית in the feminine. These words are an adjective form of the noun מָקוֹם meaning…
medical center having trouble seeing the print? טֶבַח The root is ט.ב.ח (t.b.kh), just like that of the word for kitchen – מִטְבָּח (meet-BAHKH). And it makes sense – a מטבח is historically the place where butchering took place. Toulouse. אוֹצָר הַתּוֹרָה (oh-TSAHR hah-toh-RAH) – The Treasure of the Torah. Sweet innocent children and adults…