Missed the deadline? No problem! You can still save NIS 200 (about $60 US) on your Ulpan La-Inyan course starting next week, in Jerusalem. Here’s how. Tune into my radio show today at noon Israel time and listen for instructions. My show takes place online at RustyMike Radio. The show itself runs for an…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניתן-1.m4a” /]זֶה אֶפְשָׁרִי, נִתָּן Like English, Hebrew has different registers – levels of speech. One English example is to see and to view: one is a day-to-day word, while the other is used in more formal contexts. The common Hebrew expression for it’s possible is זה אפשרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניתן-2.m4a” /], or simply אפשרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניתן-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…
ירושלים The letter J makes the j sound in English. But in most other languages using the Latin alphabet, J makes the y sound. That’s how יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (ye-roo-shah-LAH-yeem) became Jerusalem. So what does ירושלים actually mean? Well, the most likely explanation (according to Wikipedia) is that the name combines two Semitic roots:…
לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עַל חֲצִי הַכּוֹס הַמְּלֵאָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? Is the glass half empty or half full? Conventional wisdom dictates: see the glass as half full. Hebrew joins a slew of languages that translate that important phrase, producing the dictum: צָרִיךְ לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עַל חֲצִי הַכּוֹס הַמְּלֵאָה, וְלֹא עַל חֲצִי הַכּוֹס הָרֵיקָה. Literally –…