how to say “false alarm” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /]עוֹמֵד ל- Different languages have different ways of expressing that someone is about to do something. Hebrew’s way is to say literally, standing to: -עומד ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /] if it’s a male doing the action, and -עומדת ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /] if it’s a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/עומד-ל-#.m4a” /]אני עומד לעלות על מטוס, אחזור אליך…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משרד-החוץ-1.m4a” /]מִשְׂרַד הַחוּץ Whereas English tends to be long-winded, Hebrew is concise. English has the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Hebrew has משרד החוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משרד-החוץ-1.m4a” /] – literally, the office of the outside (to understand what “the outside” refers to, see yesterday’s dose). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משרד-החוץ-2.m4a” /]היא קיבלה עבודה טובה במשרד החוץ. She got a…