how to say “exchange rate” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כאורך-הגלות-1.m4a” /]כּאֹרֶךְ הַגָּלוּת Some Hebrew expressions are direct translations from other tongues, but this one is uniquely Jewish and Israeli. To say that something (a bank statement, for example) is very long and tiring, Israelis might say ארוך כאורך הגלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כאורך-הגלות-2.m4a” /] – literally, long like the length of the exile. Since the exile of the…
having trouble seeing the print? אוֹפְּטִימָלִי, מֵיטָבִי Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh The word meaning optimal you’re most likely to hear in Spoken Hebrew is אוֹפְּטִימָלִי (ohp-tee-MAH-lee). But the Israeli media is control of much of public opinion as well as public language, and today I saw an article in a major…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איור-1.m4a” /]אִיּוּר The Hebrew word for drawing is ציור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איור-2.m4a” /], from the active-intensive verb לצייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איור-3.m4a” /]. A similar pair of words is איור – illustration and its verb לאייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איור-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איור-5.m4a” /]בספר הזה יש איורים יפים מאוד. In this book there are very pretty illustrations. Plugging the verb into the passive-intensive…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/באותו-יום-#.m4a” /]בְּאֹתוֹ יוֹם One of the most basic Hebrew words is יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/באותו-יום-#.m4a” /] – day. Even if you’re brand new to Hebrew, you’ve probably heard this word before: it appears in יום כיפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/באותו-יום-#.m4a” /] – Yom Kippur. What if you want to speak about something that happened on that day? In Hebrew, it’s באותו יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/באותו-יום-#.m4a”…