how to say “about us” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מימוש-עצמי-1.m4a” /]מִמּוּשׁ עַצְמִי If you’ve spent some time around Israelis, you’ve almost certainly heard the word ממש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מימוש-עצמי-2.m4a” /]. It literally means substance, but it’s far more commonly used to mean really, truly, very, exactly, etc. It’s a super-useful word. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מימוש-עצמי-3.m4a” /]זה ממש יקר! That’s really expensive! Using the three letters of…
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…
In 1949, my grandparents helped found a kibbutz near modern-day Modiin. The founders called it תחיה – basically, resurrection, since this was one of many Jewish settlements rising up in Israel only a few years after near-total destruction in Europe. In the coming years the kibbutz gave way to another agricultural settlement, and the standard…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לילה-לבן-#.m4a” /]לַיְלָה לָבָן I didn’t know what a white night was until I came to live in Israel, where there’s an annual all-night event in Tel Aviv, the White City. A white night refers to a sleepless night or a night that is never fully dark such as those in summer in high latitudes. In Hebrew, this is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-1.m4a” /]קְלָלָה The Hebrew word for blessing is ברכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-2.m4a” /]. Its opposite, a curse, is קללה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-3.m4a” /]ברדיו שומעים רק שירים עם קללות. On the radio (you) hear only music with cursing (curses). To curse is the active-intensive פיעל verb לקלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-4.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-5.m4a” /]לא כדאי לקלל – הקללה…
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…