[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אמירה-#.m4a” /]אֲמִירָה How do you say to go in the past tense in English, speaking for yourself? It’s I went. This can be confusing for adults who are just learning English, since they might expect it to be I goed. Hebrew does this too, sometimes. Take for example to say – in colloquial Hebrew this is…
having trouble seeing the print? בִּשּׁוּל When the Children of Israel left Egypt thousands of years ago, they didn’t have time to bake bread or cook anything, for that matter. Today’s Children of Israel, however, clean and cook to make the festival clean from physical and spiritual clutter… and joyous. Class starts right after Passover…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /]מְדֻיָּק The Hebrew word מדויק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /] means literally accurate or precise. It’s related to the word for grammar – דקדוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /], which is the systematic, mathematical, more precise side of a language. It’s also related to בדיוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /] – the word for exactly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /]הצלף יורה באופן מדויק ביותר. The sniper…
having trouble seeing the print? מְסֻיָּם, נְקֻדָּתִי, סְפֶּצִיפִי listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! The English word specific has a few synonyms: particular, precise, exact, etc. Likewise, Hebrew has more than one word for different situations. The most commonly-used one is transliterated from English: סְפֶּצִיפִי listen and repeat. For example: …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /]מְחִיר The Hebrew word for price – מחיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – sounds like it might be related to למכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – to sell, which in the past tense is מכרתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – I sold, מכרנו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – we sold, etc. But the roots are different: the root of מחיר is מ.ח.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /],…