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how to say “stable” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /]יַצִּיב When you saw the word stable perhaps you thought of horses. The word for that kind of stable in Hebrew is אורוה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /]. But stable in the sense of whether something will stay in tact or fall is יציב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /]הגשר הזה נראה לי לא יציב. This…
how to say “white collar” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /]צַוָּוארוֹן לָבָן The collar on your shirt, in Hebrew, is called צווארון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /] (the one around the neck of a dog is קולר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /]). צווארון comes from the word צוואר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /] meaning neck. Thus a blue collar is צווארון כחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /], while a white collar is צווארון לבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a”…
how to say “dishwasher” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /]מֵדִיחַ כֵּלִים To wash dishes by hand is לשטוף כלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /]דני שוטף כלים היום. Danny is washing dishes today. But a dishwasher is מדיח כלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /]אולי הגיע הזמן לקנות מדיח כלים? Perhaps the time has come to buy a dishwasher? But…
how to say “rehab” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /]גְּמִילָה The original meaning of the Hebrew word גמילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /] was weaning or dealing fully with something, closing a circle, so to speak. You may be familiar with the expression from Jewish prayer, גומל חסדים טובים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /] – (He who) pays back (completes the circle for) good acts of kindness – in…
how do you say “my stomach hurts” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-1.m4a” /]כּוֹאֶבֶת לִי הַבֶּטֶן You may know the Hebrew word for stomach or tummy – בטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-2.m4a” /]. But did you know that בטן is feminine? For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-3.m4a” /]הבטן שלי ריקה. My stomach is empty. Note that ריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-4.m4a” /] is used, not ריק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-5.m4a” /]. Likewise: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-1.m4a” /]כואבת לי הבטן. My stomach…