how to say “back to the routine” in Hebrew
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לְהִתְנַשֵּׁק listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday we saw the various Hebrew words for hug. Today we’ll look at kissing, which has a similar grammar. The root of kissing – נ.שׁ.ק (n.sh.k) – is the same as that of a weapon – נֶשֶׁק listen and repeat – not because of the “kiss of death”,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-1.m4a” /]מַגָּב Yesterday we saw the Hebrew word for towel – מגבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-2.m4a” /]. What we might call the masculine form of מגבת is מגב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-1.m4a” /] – a mop. מגב is usually for cleaning floors, but it could also refer to a smaller mop-like device, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-3.m4a” /]יש לך מגב לנקות את השמשה?…
לְהִתְחַבֵּק listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ח.ב.ק (kh.b.k) means embracing. There’s to hug someone else (active-intensive verb) – לְחַבֵּק listen and repeat – as in: הָאֵם חִבְּקָה אֶת הַיֶּלֶד כְּשֶׁהוּא נִבְהַל מֵהַכֶּלֶב. The mother hugged the child when he was frightened from the dog. listen And there’s…
שַׁחַר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The morning prayer in Judaism is called שַׁחֲרִית listen and repeat, as it is derived from the word for dawn, שַׁחַר listen and repeat. In Hebrew, we talk about the dawn as it is a physical object like the sun and say that the dawn rises, as in: הֵם…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/טוב-בסדר-#.m4a” /]אוֹקֵי, בְּסֵדֶר, טוֹב By using the word okay people might segue into a new piece of a conversation. They might also express that they agree with or accept something, sometimes reluctantly. Hebrew has three words for this, including simply אוקיי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/טוב-בסדר-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/טוב-בסדר-#.m4a” /]אוקיי, אז אמלא את כל ארבעת הטפסים… Okay, so I’ll…