how to say “about us” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מרכז-מסחרי-#.m4a” /]מֶרְכַּז קְנִיּוֹת, מֶרְכָּז מִסְחָרִי Shopping, in Hebrew, is קניות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מרכז-מסחרי-#.m4a” /] – literally, buyings. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מרכז-מסחרי-#.m4a” /]יום ראשון בחו”ל הוא יום של קניות בשביל הרבה אנשים. Sunday abroad (outside of Israel) is a day of shopping for many people. A shopping center is מרכז קניות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מרכז-מסחרי-#.m4a” /] or מרכז מסחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מרכז-מסחרי-#.m4a” /] – literally, commercial…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי לֹא מַצְלִיחַ לַעֲבוֹד The Hebrew word להצליח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-2.m4a” /] means to succeed. But its uses reach much farther, so that it effectively means to be able to or to get something done. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-3.m4a” /]אני לא מצליח לעבוד עם כל הרעש הזה! I’m not able to get any work done with all this noise!…
אֲנִי מַבְּסוּט listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Hebrew and the local dialect of Arabic borrow lots of words from one another, especially in slang. Among several slang terms that mean happy, chillin’, etc is the word borrowed from Arabic, מַבְּסוּט listen and repeat (written مبسوط in Arabic). In Hebrew, it means roughly satisfied or just happy,…
להקדיש If you’ve been to a synagogue or a Jewish family for a traditional Shabbat meal, you’re more than likely familiar with the Hebrew word קִדּוֹש (kee-DOOSH) – Kiddush. In many synagogues, this word is associated with cholent, cake and coffee with non-dairy creamer. The word קידוש itself means sanctification; the root is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-1.m4a” /]אֵבֶל לְאֻמִּי Today Jews around the world commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in ancient times, as well as all the other great tragedies of Jewish history. The term for national mourning is אבל לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-2.m4a” /]תשעה באב הוא יום של אבל לאומי. Tisha B’Av (the ninth of the Jewish…
לחוות For those who have attended the Mayanot Birthright trip, you may recall the name of the tour operator – הַחֲוָיָה הַיִּשְׂרָאֵלִית (hah-hah-vah-YAH hah-yees-rah-eh-LEET) – the Israel (more accurately, “the Israeli”) Experience. To experience is לַחֲווֹת (lah-hah-VOHT). What happens to us happens to us. But how we respond to what happens to us…