how to say “breakfast cereal” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-1.m4a” /]לָעוּף, לָטוּס How do you say to fly in Hebrew? Depend on who’s flying. If it’s a bird or another organism, the word is לעוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-3.m4a” /]עוף, גוזל. Fly away, little bird. But if what’s flying (or the one doing the work involved in flying) is an inanimate object,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-1.m4a” /]קוֹמַת קַרְקַע What we refer to in English as a floor of a building or a storey, in Hebrew is קומה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-3.m4a” /]באיזו קומה אתם גרים? What floor do you guys live on? They might answer you with: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-4.m4a” /]אנחנו גרים בקומת קרקע. We live on (the) ground floor. Note…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /]פָּרִיט When referring to shop items, the Hebrew word is פריט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /]כל פריט מסומן לחוד. Each item is marked separately. פריט comes from the root פ.ר.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /] originally meaning broken off, also appearing in the word פרט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /] – detail and פרטי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/פריט-#.m4a” /] – private.
having trouble seeing the print? חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת Dear Ktzat Ivrit enthusiast, I am minimizing the amount of work I’m doing during the Sukkot festival – חג הסוכות, so there will be no new posts until next Tuesday. In the meantime, enjoy this heartwarming film about the people of Haredi Jerusalem and חג הסוכות, and learn…
Correction to earlier post: A couple of readers pointed out to me that while Israel’s diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan, the stock exchange is in Tel Aviv. This information is now reflected in the corresponding post. אַכְזָבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אכזבה-1.mp3″ /] Disappointment is that feeling we get after being let down after we had formed an expectation….