[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגרי-1.m4a” /]דּוּגְרִי Here’s another word that arrived in Hebrew via a foreign language: the slang word דוגרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגרי-1.m4a” /], straight up or direct. It originated in Turkish (doğru meaning right or correct), traveled south and came to Hebrew via the local Arabic word دُغْرِيّ (dughri) meaning straight (this I learned in a cab with an Arab driver). Imagine you’re an…
פּוֹשֵׁעַ, פְּלִילִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for crime in general is פֶּשַׁע listen and repeat, as in: גִּבּוֹרֵי-עַל נִלְחָמִים בַּפֶּשַׁע. Superheroes fight (the) crime. listen Thus a criminal is a פּוֹשֵׁעַ listen and repeat (a male) or a פּוֹשַׁעַת listen and repeat (a female). Now that’s criminal as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /]מִשְׁטָר The Hebrew word for regime – משטר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /] – is related to the word משטרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /], police. When we think of a regime, we tend not to think of fair democracies, but rather of something closer to tyranny, or tyranny itself. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /]המשטר הסובייטי הותיר אחריו מיליוני הרוגים חפים מפשע….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /]קַו אוֹטוֹבּוּס How do you say line in Hebrew? Depends on what you’re talking about. A line of items placed physically one after the other is a שורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /]. A line you have to wait in at the bank is a תור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /]. And a line of production… or of a bus is קו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /],…
having trouble seeing the print? צַוָּאר listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! In the Torah portion to be read this week by Jews around the world, the Hebrew word for neck – צַוָּאר listen and repeat – appears prominently, especially in Midrashic interpretations of the Biblical text. Now, צוואר is a masculine noun,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /]לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹב, לְהֵיטִיב To do good is literally לעשות טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /], where לעשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /] means to do and טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /] means good. There’s another word – להיטיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /] – which means to do good or to do something well. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /]המסלול הזה נועד למיטיבי לכת. This trail is meant for…