how to say “caveman” in Hebrew
I as an American grew up saying fifteen minutes. Only as I crossed the Atlantic and moved to Israel did I encounter English speakers saying a quarter hour. Hebrew favors the latter construction, so that fifteen minutes is רבע שעה, where רבע means a quarter and שעה means hour. For example: אני אגיע תוך רבע…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-1.m4a” /]גְּבִינָה צְהֻבָּה Technically, Swiss cheese is גבינה שווצרית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-2.m4a” /], as גבינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-3.m4a” /] means cheese, and one of the names for Switzerland is שוויצריה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-4.m4a” /] (the other is שוויץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-5.m4a” /]). But the common expression referring to this cheese full of holes is גבינה צהובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-1.m4a” /] – literally, yellow cheese. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבינה-צהובה-6.m4a” /]למה יש חורים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /]הֵיכָל, אוּלָם Hebrew has two words for the type of hall that can fit lots of people: היכל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /] and אולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /]. היכל refers to a hall consecrated for a particular purpose, such as היכל התרבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /] – the Hall of Culture in Tel Aviv, and the היכל that was the gathering place…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /]הַרְגָּשָׁה You may know the expression I don’t feel well: אני לא מרגיש טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /] (spoken by a male) אני לא מרגישה טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /] (spoken by a female) להרגיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb, is to feel. And the noun version of להרגיש is הרגשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /] -a feeling. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /]יש…