how to say “contact us” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]מִכְלָלָה While the Hebrew word for university remains the transliteration אוניברסיטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /], the word for college is an authentic Hebrew one: מכללה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]מכללת ספיר ממוקמת קרוב לעיר שדרות. Sapir College is located near the city Sderot. If you look closely at מכללה, you might spot its root: כ.ל.ל[audioclip…
שירות, עבדות Over thousands of years, word meanings can change within a language. Actually, even over a generation they can (I challenge you to come up with two examples right now of English words whose meanings have changed over the last generation – write them in the “comments” section below). In today’s language,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-1.m4a” /]צַעַד צַעַד The Hebrew expression for one at a time is אחד אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-2.m4a” /] – literally, one one. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-3.m4a” /]הילדים נכנסו לכיתה אחד אחד. The children entered the classroom one at a time. Now suppose you want to say something like one step at a time. That’s צעד צעד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צעד-צעד-1.m4a” /] –…
having trouble seeing the print? דַּחַף Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online The Hebrew word for to push is לִדְחוֹף . For example: הִיא דָּחְפָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ לְהֶשֵּׂגִים מַרְשִׁימִים. She pushed herself to impressive achievements. Modern Hebrew regards an urge (or impulse, compulsion, desire, etc) as an internal push – the word…