how to say “delicious” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /]לְהַתְמִיד להתמיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] means to be persistent or to do something regularly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /]היא מתמידה לבוא לחדר הכושר. She comes to the gym regularly. להתמיד is a הפעיל verb. Its root, ת.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /], comes from the word תמיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] – always. Its verbal noun – התמדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנייה-1.m4a” /]רַק שְׁנִיָּה The unit of time called the second is called such because it’s the second unit of time after the minute. Its Hebrew translation, שנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנייה-2.m4a” /], conveys the same meaning, coming from the word for two – שניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנייה-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנייה-4.m4a” /]יש שישים שניות בדקה. There are sixty seconds in a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלהב-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְלַהֵב The Hebrew word for flame is להבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלהב-2.m4a” /], while the word for blade is להב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלהב-3.m4a” /]. Both are dangerous… and exciting. Thus the word for to be enthusiastic – or to light up in flames – is להתלהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלהב-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלהב-4.m4a” /]היא נורא התלהבה מהמחזמר. She was really enthusiastic about the musical. Enthusiasm…
על האש A מַנְגָּל (MAHN-gahl) is a barbecue… but the word comes from Arabic. Rather, the proper (well, maybe not really proper) way to say it in Hebrew is עַל הָאֵש (ahl hah-ESH), which means, literally, on the fire. The really proper way to say it is מַצְלֶה (mahts-LEH), coming from the word לִצְלוֹת (leets-LOHT)…
לָלֶדֶת, לְהוֹלִיד One of the topics of the Torah portion read this week by Jews around the world is childbirth. The Hebrew word for to give birth is לָלֶדֶת (lah-LEH-det). For example, הָאִשָּׁה יָלְדָה יַלְדָּה (hah-ee-SHAH yahl-DAH yahl-DAH) – The woman gave birth to a girl (the first ילדה is the verb, and the second is…