[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-1.m4a” /]לִסְפּוֹג If you’ve been in Israel over חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-2.m4a” /] (Hanukkah), you certainly know the word for that special jelly doughnut – סופגניה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-3.m4a” /]. סופגניה derives from the simple verb לספוג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-1.m4a” /] – to absorb, since the pastry is capable of absorbing lots of oil. לספוג is used in the literal sense, as well…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]תּוּת שָׂדֶה A strawberry, in Hebrew, is תות שדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /] or simply תות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב משקה בטעם תות בננה. He likes a strawberry-banana flavored drink. תות most likely derives from Ancient Persian. תות שדה means literally תות of a field. Multiple strawberries are תותים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /].
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /]הִשָּׂרְדוּת The Hebrew word for to survive is לשרוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /], used both literally and in an exaggerated sense, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /]זה שבוע קשה, אני לא בטוח אם אני אשרוד אותו. This is a hard week, I’m not sure I’ll survive it. Now, לשרוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/הישרדות-#.m4a” /] is a פעל verb, so we would…