להאיר If you know some Hebrew, you more than likely know the word for light – אוֹר (ohr) – especially if you’ve been following Ktzat Ivrit for the last couple of weeks. Using the three-letter word אור as a verbal root, א.ו.ר (a.w.r), the word for to light up or to illuminate is created: לְהָאִיר (le-hah-EER)….
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקדים-1.m4a” /]תַּקְדִּים A couple of weeks ago, we saw the Hebrew expression for first of all – קודם כול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקדים-2.m4a” /]. The root ק.ד.מ (k.d.m) is a versatile one. Its basic idea is before, and it is thus found in the words מוקדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקדים-3.m4a” /] – early (before the normal time), להתקדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקדים-4.m4a” /] – to get ahead (before everyone else),…
[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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרכז-מבקרים-1.m4a” /]מֶרְכַּז מְבַקְּרִים If you live in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, you probably know that the region is also called המרכז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרכז-מבקרים-2.m4a” /] – the center, because it is the commercial center of Israel, as well as the most heavily-populated area. A center is a מרכז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרכז-מבקרים-3.m4a” /], of the root ר.כ.ז (r.k.z) meaning concentration. To…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי חוֹזֵר If you’ve taken a course with Ulpan La-Inyan, you’ve heard the instruction: הקשיבו וחזרו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-2.m4a” /] – listen and repeat. Broken down, that phrase comprises: הקשיבו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-3.m4a” /] – listen, when speaking to more than one person. It’s an imperative (command) form of להקשיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-4.m4a” /] – to listen. חזרו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-5.m4a” /] – repeat, an imperative…