how to say “character trait” or “product feature” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שביתה-1.m4a” /]שְׁבִיתָה With even the airport closing about once a year due to disgruntled employees, the word for strike is core vocabulary in Hebrew. The word is שביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שביתה-1.m4a” /]. You may recognize as its root the word שבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שביתה-2.m4a” /] – the Sabbath: שבת is the day of rest, the day when the workers “go on strike.”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-1.m4a” /]קוּמְקוּם Nothing like a hot drink on a cold day. The Hebrew word for an apparatus that can help prepare such a drink is קומקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-1.m4a” /]. In context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-2.m4a” /]תרתיח מים בקומקום. Boil water in the kettle. (spoken to a male) and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-3.m4a” /]קומקום בשווי מאתיים שקלים בתשעים ותשעה שקלים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-1.m4a” /]רָאוּי The Hebrew word for worthy is ראוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-1.m4a” /]. You may recognize its root as ר.א.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-2.m4a” /] – the concept of seeing. ראוי means literally, seen. The word first appears in the Mishnah, where it means fit or seen as appropriate for something specific. This meaning carries until today in phrases like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-3.m4a” /]הוא ראוי לה והיא…
לְהֵרָדֵם listen to this word pronounced We’ve still got a few spots…… in our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana. When I was in eleventh grade I perfected the art of falling asleep in class without the teacher noticing: I would lean my head into my palm, which was supported by my elbow placed on the…