how to say “clean,” both literally and proverbially
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חֲלַב עִיזִּים The Hebrew word for a female goat is עז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one goat is עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /] (a male is תיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one is תישים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]). Goat milk is חלב עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חלב עיזים נחשב בריא יותר לבני אדם…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /]לִקְטוֹף פֶּרַח The Hebrew word for to pick or harvest something such as fruit or flowers is the simple verb לקטוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /]כל יום שישי אבא קוטף פרחים בשביל אמא. Every Friday Dad picks flowers for Mom. Something picked or harvested is נקטף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לקטוף-#.m4a” /], from the נפעל verb form. נקטף is…
Click the Hebrew word above to hear it pronounced. One of the first verbs people typically learn in most ulpans is to write – לִכְתּוֹב (leekh-TOHV). In Ulpan La-Inyan, the introduction to this verb gets pushed off to Level 2, since we teach first and foremost the verbs necessary for everyday spoken communication. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לגגל-#.m4a” /]לְגַגֵּל Just as Google became not only a household term but also a verb in English, it has in Hebrew as well. Thus instead of לחפש באינטרנט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לגגל-#.m4a” /] – to search on the internet, Israelis today say simply לגגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לגגל-#.m4a” /] – to google. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לגגל-#.m4a” /]כבר לא צריך לחפש בספרייה – אפשר…