. . 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 . Space Race . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
דִּוּוּחַ When listening to breaking news, you’re likely to hear the word report tossed around a lot. The Hebrew word for to report, especially when reporting an incident, is לְדַוֵּח (leh–dah-VEH-ahkh). It’s an active-causative פיעל (pee-EL) verb. The logo of רשות השידור the IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority) Thus a report – the noun form of לדווח…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לעניות-דעתי-#.m4a” /]לַעֲנִיּוּת דַּעְתִּי Once upon a time, people would say in my humble opinion and actually mean it. In Hebrew, לעניות דעתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לעניות-דעתי-#.m4a” /] – literally to the poverty of my knowledge – also once expressed genuine humility. But today both terms are usually used somewhat facetiously, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לעניות-דעתי-#.m4a” /]לעניות דעתי, זה מלון…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-1-3.m4a” /]עֲלֵי אֲדָמוֹת While the Hebrew word ארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-2-3.m4a” /] – probably related to the English earth – means country, land and, well earth, the word אדמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-3-3.m4a” /] means ground. אדמה is the more humble, (ironically) down-to-earth word, of the same root as אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-4-3.m4a” /] – Adam or man, he who comes from the ground…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לטייל-עם-הכלב-#.m4a” /]לְהוֹלִיךְ כֶּלֶב, לְטַיֵּיל עִם הַכֶּלֶב In English we talk about walking a dog. While the expression להוליך כלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לטייל-עם-הכלב-#.m4a” /] – to walk/guide a dog – does exist, it generally refers to a professional dog walker – מוליך כלבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/לטייל-עם-הכלב-#.m4a” /]. If I want to talk my own dog for a walk, I say…