[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/כיפת-ברזל-#.m4a” /]כִּיפַּת בַּרְזֶל If you had to deal with hostile neighbors shooting rockets at you from their children’s bedroom, what would you do? Part of Israel’s answer has been to develop the Iron Dome defense system, which has a 90% success rate in intercepting rockets, many of which are fired from Hamas bases in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תפנית-#.m4a” /]תַּפְנִית לפנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תפנית-#.m4a” /], in Hebrew, is to turn. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תפנית-#.m4a” /]את צריכה לפנות ימינה ברמזור, שרה. You need to turn right at the light, Sarah. Likewise, a turn is פנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תפנית-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תפנית-#.m4a” /]דוד, אל תפספס את הפנייה שמאלה. David, don’t miss the left turn. A turn of events –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קר-שם-1.m4a” /]קָר שָׁם Though summer is approaching in the northern hemisphere, there are places on earth where it’s pretty cold. If you’ve got even the most basic Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for cold – קר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קר-שם-2.m4a” /]. To say it’s cold there, you might try translating literally from English, coming up with…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-1.m4a” /]חֲדַר הַלְבָּשָׁה To wear is ללבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-2.m4a” /]. To get dressed is להתלבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-3.m4a” /]. To dress someone else is להלביש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-4.m4a” /]. A dressing room is חדר הלבשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-1.m4a” /]. For example, you might see this on the list of rules at the community pool: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-5.m4a” /]יש להתנגב במגבת לפני היציאה לחדר ההלבשה. Dry off…
[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…