how to say “cappuccino” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-1.m4a” /]לָרֶדֶת עַד סוֹף דַּעְתּוֹ This week we’ve seen several expressions with לרדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-2.m4a” /] – to get off: לרדת מהאוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-3.m4a” /] – to get off the bus לרדת מנושא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-4.m4a” /] – to drop a subject/topic לרדת מהעץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-5.m4a” /] – to get off one’s high horse (literally, to get off the tree) One more expression with…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-1.m4a” /]שְׁפִיּוּת The biblical story tells of the foreign prophet בלעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-2.m4a” /] (Balaam): [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-3.m4a” /]וַיֵּלֶךְ שֶׁפִי and he walked relaxedly (alternative translation: up to a bare hill) Mishnaic Hebrew takes שפי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-4.m4a” /] to imply a state of physical… or mental calmness – sanity, in contrast to a state of mental disturbance – insanity. In Hebrew, שפיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-1.m4a”…

בַּשָּׁנָה שֶׁעָבְרָה, אֶשְׁתָּקַד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-1.mp3″ /] In spoken Hebrew, the way to say last year is בַּשָּׁנָה שֶׁעָבְרָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-2.mp3″ /] – literally, in the year that has passed. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-3.mp3″ /]בַּשָּׁנָה שֶׁעָבְרָה הָיִינוּ בְּצָרְפַת. Last year we were in France. A more literary way of saying this is אֶשְׁתָּקַד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אשתקד-4.mp3″ /]. Here’s an example…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-1.m4a” /]נוֹזֵל, נָזִיל The Hebrew word for a runny nose is נזלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-2.m4a” /], which comes from the word נוזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-3.m4a” /] meaning flowing or liquid. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-4.m4a” /]לפני צום, חשוב לשתות הרבה נוזלים. Before a fast, it’s important to drink lots of liquid(s). Now, that’s liquid the noun. To describe something as liquid, the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתקרר-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְקָרֵר I love it when the weather gets warm – כשמזג האוויר מתחמם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתקרר-2.m4a” /]. The reflexive verb להתחמם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתקרר-3.m4a” /] derives from חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתקרר-4.m4a” /] – heat. Likewise, to cool down is להתקרר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתקרר-1.m4a” /] – also a reflexive verb – from קור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתקרר-5.m4a” /] – cold. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתקרר-6.m4a” /]חכה עד שהמרק יתקרר. Wait till the soup…