how to say “breakthrough” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]שְׁטְרוּדֶל, כְּרוּכִית The at sign resembles the Austrian pastry, the strudel. Hebrew renders the s in its German pronunciation, so the common word for @ in Hebrew is שטרודל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]המייל לא נשלח כי שכחו להוסיף שטרודל. The email wasn’t sent because they forgot to add an at sign….
אַרְגָּז On Friday I went to שׁוּק מַחֲנֶה יְהוּדָה – “The Shuk“ in Jerusalem (shouk mah-khah-NEH yeh-HOO-dah – pronunciation colloquial) – to buy some items in preparation for a Shabbat dinner I hosted for a couple of friends. I was looking for some corn chips to spice up the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-1.m4a” /]מָנוֹעַ חִפּוּשׂ To search in Hebrew is לחפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-3.m4a” /]סליחה, אני מחפשת את הדואר. Excuse me, I (a female) am looking for the post office. Following the active-intensive verb pattern, the act of searching is חיפוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-4.m4a” /]. And since an engine is a מנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנוע-חיפוש-5.m4a” /], a search engine is a…
עוּגַת שְׁמָרִים Can’t read Hebrew yet? I have a Hungarian-Israeli grandmother. She makes delicious goulash, paprika chicken and other signature Hungarian dishes. But the best of her kitchen is her neighborhood-famous yeast cake – עוּגַת שְׁמָרִים . Broken down: עוּגָה means cake, while עוּגַת means cake of …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-1.m4a” /]נוֹעַד לְ… Drawing again upon the root י.ע.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-2.m4a” /] meaning target or goal is the word נועד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-3.m4a” /] meaning meant (for) or designed (with the purpose of). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-4.m4a” /]הטלפון שלך לא נועד לשימוש בתוך הבריכה. Your (a male’s) phone is not meant for use in the pool. נועד can also mean fated, as in:…