how to say “cow milk” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 20, 2022July 17, 2022

חָלָב פָּרָה

The Hebrew word for milk is חלב
, as in:

אני שותה קפה שחור – בלי חלב.

I drink black coffee – without milk.

The word for cow is פרה
, so that חלב פרה
is cow milk (or חלב בקר

– cattle milk).

For example:

לא כולם מסוגלים לעכל חלב פרה.

Not everyone is able to digest cow’s milk.

Israeli kids grow up on something called שוקולד פרה
– cow chocolate. Watch today’s video to find out what that is.

daily video – how to say “extra-virgin olive oil” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 14, 2021July 13, 2021

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 “the 80’s” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 20, 2022March 17, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]שְׁנוֹת הַשְּׁמוֹנִים While the Hebrew word for eight is שמונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] (or שמונָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] if what we’re counting are masculine nouns), eighty is שמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]הוא צודק שמונים אחוז מהזמן. He’s right eighty percent of the time. The eighties is שנות השמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] – literally, the years…

how to say “turn up the volume!” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 1, 2014October 25, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? תַּגְבִּיר אֶת הַוּוֹלְיוּם When we speak in English of raising volume, we mean making the volume more powerful or stronger. That’s the literal meaning of the active-causative Hebrew verb לְהַגְבִּיר , which is used in the expression: לְהַגְבִּיר אֶת הַוּוֹלְיוּם to raise the volume In context:…

how to say “menorah” in Modern Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 25, 2011November 13, 2024

having trouble seeing the print? חֲנֻכִּיָּה Become a fan of ours on Facebook! The word מְנוֹרָה (meh-noh-RAH) in the Torah happens to refer to a specific lamp of great religious significance, but contrary to what Jews in the Diaspora might believe, the word מנורה in Hebrew is really just a regular old lamp. Its root is נ.ו.ר (n.w.r), the same…

how to say “Youth Aliyah” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/עליית-הנוער-#.m4a” /]עֲלִיַּת הַנֹּעַר With a Germany of the 1930s becoming more and more hostile towards Jews, a woman named Recha Freier took action and launched a movement called עליית הנוער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/עליית-הנוער-#.m4a” /] – youth aliyah, or immigration of the youth to the Land of Israel. Here’s the term in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/עליית-הנוער-#.m4a” /]הרבה יהודים ניצלו מהשואה בזכות…

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger December 21, 2018December 19, 2018

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…