רֶבַע שָׁעָה 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…
לְהִתְכַּרְבֵּל listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? In Israel, the winter has returned. It’s raining this week, and it’s time to snuggle under the covers. The Hebrew word for that is לְהִתְכַּרְבֵּל listen and repeat, a reflexive-intensive verb of a four-letter root. It appears in Biblical Hebrew (origin uncertain), where its root…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]בֶּן אֵנְד גֶּ’רִיס Like many foreign brand names, Ben & Jerry’s gets translated (well, transliterated) as בן אנד ג’ריס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]. But there’s another option for translating the brand name: בן את ג’רי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]. Why? Isn’t את[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /] that annoying word that doesn’t have an English translation? Yes and no. את…
having trouble seeing the print? חֻפְשָׁה In honor of Passover, I’m taking a vacation – a חֻפְשָׁה. This will be the last dose of Hebrew before next Sunday. חופשה is related to the word for liberty – חֹפֶשׁ (KHOH-fesh), which is often used colloquially to mean vacation or holiday. (in the leisure sense) חַג…
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…