[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-1.m4a” /]כְּדַאי Hebrew has several ways of saying worthwhile or worth it in Hebrew, one of which is שווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-2.m4a” /] – literally, equal, a word we’ve seen recently in this blog. Perhaps the most common word to express worthwhile is כדאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-1.m4a” /], deriving originally from Aramaic. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדאי-3.m4a” /]לא כדאי. It’s not worth it….

how to say “the Old City” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 28, 2019May 14, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /]הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה How do you say the Old City in Hebrew? העיר העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /], where העיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the city and העתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] means the old (yes, literally it’s the city, the old – that’s how Hebrew works). Say עתיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/העיר-העתיקה-#.m4a” /] – old out loud. Better yet, say its masculine…

how to say “storage unit” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger September 19, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /]מַחְסָן The Hebrew word מחסן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /] refers to a storage unit, typically a shed or shack. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /]הוצאתם מהמחסן את כל מה שצריך בשביל הסוכה? Have you guys taken everything we need for the Sukkah out of the storage shed? מחסן comes from the Biblical-Hebrew root ח.ס.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /],…

how to say “legal trial” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 27, 2012October 29, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? מִשְׁפָּט brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! If you have a rudimentary Modern Hebrew vocabulary, you likely know that the word מִשְׁפָּט (meesh-PAHT) refers to that element of speech and writing called a sentence. What you may not…

daily video – how to say “dark-skinned” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 29, 2022March 27, 2022

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “to happen” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 25, 2015October 23, 2018

לִקְרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for to happen is לקרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /], a simple verb whose root is ק.ר.ה (k.r.h). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-2.wav” /]מה קרה? What happened? and the informal greeting: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-3.mp3″ /]מה קורה? What’s happening? Since the word קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-4.mp3″ /] sounds the same as the word for read as in he read –…

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