how to say “character” in Hebrew

  אוֹדוֹתֵנוּ  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     Just as English has various words for about – regarding, in reference to, etc – so does Hebrew.   עַל  listen and repeat is the most common word, as in:   אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא מְדַבְּרִים עַל אֹתוֹ אָדָם. We’re not talking about the same person.  listen   …

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-1.m4a” /]אָמָּן Looking at the word אמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-1.m4a” /] without vowels, out of context, you might think it’s the Hebrew version of amen. But if אמן appears in a phrase such as הוא אמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-2.m4a” /] – he is an artist, the experienced Hebrew reader would know that it refers here to an artist. Although there’s…

הַפְרָעַת קֶשֶׁב, רִכּוּז וְהִיפֶּרְאַקְטִיבִיוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/adhd-1.mp3″ /] When I was a kid, we talked about ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder. When I reached graduate school, I learned that the psychiatric powers that be call it ADHD – Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, lumping together the people who have difficulty concentrating, as well as those who are hyperactive. Following suit,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת In Hebrew, an acronym (letters that stand for words, such as CIA) is ראשי תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] – literally, heads of words, where תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] is a Mishnaic word for words. Hebrew is full of ראשי תיבות, which can be frustrating: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]ראשי תיבות לפעמים מרגישים כמו שפה בפני עצמה. Acronyms sometimes…