how to say “feel free” in Hebrew
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /]אַחֲרֶיךָ In English, after you is two separate words. In Hebrew, it’s one word – אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] (after) with an ending indicating which you we’re talking about: אחריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to a male, אחרייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to a female, אחריכם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to more than one male or a mixed-gendered group, and אחריכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a”…
having trouble seeing the print? אֵרוּעַ הַתְרָמָה In order to do their good work, organizations need funds. So they go out and raise money in all sorts of creative ways, one of which is to hold a posh event where people come all dressed up, drink some good wine and make donations. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /]יְחִידָה The English word unit is related to the word one – more recognizably, to the Spanish (and Italian) word for one, uno. Likewise, Hebrew’s word for unit – יחידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /] – is related to its word for one, אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /]היא התגייסה ליחידה קרבית. She was drafted to a combat unit….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחרותי-1.m4a” /]תַּחֲרוּתִי The Hebrew word for competition is תחרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחרותי-5.m4a” /], which I discussed around the time of the US presidential election four years ago. In that post I point out that this word’s root is ח.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחרותי-2.m4a” /] meaning anger or wrath – which makes sense, since competition requires the type of energy that often comes with anger. Someone competitive…