how to say “choir” in Hebrew
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I’m really tired. I’m about to go to sleep. I want to write about being tired, but I’ve already done that in prior entries. Instead, I’m going to take my roommate’s suggestion and write about the first thing in the morning. אֲנִי צָרִיךְ לָקוּם עַל הַבּוֹקֵר (ah-NEE tsah-REEKH lah-KOOM ahl hah-BOH-kehr) – I…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]חָמוּץ The word for sour in Hebrew is חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]. It works both physically – מלפפון חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /] is a pickle (literally a sour cucumber) – as well as figuratively: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]למה הפרצוף החמוץ? Why the sour face? A sour taste is often connected to fermentation, such as that of cucumbers becoming…
Nam libero tempore cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אפשרי-ניתן-#.m4a” /]זֶה אֶפְשָׁרִי, נִתָּן You may know אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אפשרי-ניתן-#.m4a” /], a multipurpose word meaning can I/you, I/you can, may I? you may, etc. Its plain meaning is possible, but a more useful way of saying possible is אפשרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אפשרי-ניתן-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אפשרי-ניתן-#.m4a” /]כן, זה אפשרי! Yes, it’s possible! Now, אפשרי is a perfectly good word…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]מוּפְשָׁט The Hebrew verb לפשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb) is to remove a piece of clothing, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]הוא פשט את המעיל ואז התיישב. He took of his (the) coat and then sat down. Something simple – devoid of any extraneous details – is פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…