how to say “fracture” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 4, 2022July 29, 2022

שֶׁבֶר

Once I was riding my bike on Azza Street in Jerusalem, made a bad turn and fell with my hand breaking the fall. I came away with a שבר
– a fracture.

שבר refers not only to a physical break or fracture, but to many other things as well: a fraction, a failure, and even emotional anguish.

For example:

כשנחרב בית המקדש נשמעו זעקות שבר בירושלים.

When the Temple was destroyed cries of grief were heard in Jerusalem.

how to say “separately” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 3, 2018October 17, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/בנפרד-#.m4a” /]בְּנִפְרָד, לְחוּד The Hebrew word for to separate two things from one another is the הפעיל verb להפריד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/בנפרד-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/בנפרד-#.m4a” /]אף אחד לא היה יכול להפריד ביניהם. No one could between them (separate them). But to separate from one another is the נפעל verb להיפרד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/בנפרד-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/בנפרד-#.m4a” /]בסוף הם…

daily video – how to say “the dollar rate” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger November 16, 2020January 30, 2021

To slow down the audio, start playing the video and then click the settings icon at the bottom-right of the video and change the playback speed. תמליל של הכתוביות בעברית אהלן חברים יקרים ראינו שהמילה "שער", יש לה שתי משמעויות, אחת שער כמו השער הזה והשנייה שער - "שער דולר" שער, זאת אומרת מדד מסוים...

how do you say “fourteen years old” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger July 5, 2017October 21, 2018

בֶּן/בַּת אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה In English, if you want to tell someone your age, you might say I’m twenty five. But if you say אני עשרים וחמש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בן-ארבע-עשרה-2.m4a” /] in Hebrew, you’ll sound awkward and your non-native status will be picked up immediately. Hebrew’s way of expressing age is to say son – בן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בן-ארבע-עשרה-3.m4a” /] – or daughter –…

how to say “to identify with” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 4, 2010November 5, 2018

להזדהות If you’ve made aliyah, you surely know the term for ID card – תְּעוּדַת זֶהוּת (teh-oo-DAHT zeh-HOOT). The root of זהות – identity – is ז.ה.ה (z.h.h). To identity with someone or something is לְהִזְדָּהוֹת (leh-heez-dah-HOHT). For example, הוּא מִזְדָּהֶה עִם הָעָם הַיְּהוּדִי (hoo meez-dah-HEH eem hah-AHM hah-yeh-hoo-DEE) – he identifies with the Jewish…

how to say “ladybug” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 13, 2021June 10, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/פרת-משה-רבנו-#.m4a” /]פָּרַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, מוֹשִׁית That pretty little red bug with black dots is called, in colloquial Hebrew, פרת משה רבנו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/פרת-משה-רבנו-#.m4a” /] – literally, the cow of Moses our Rabbi. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/פרת-משה-רבנו-#.m4a” /]לא כל יום רואים פרת משה רבנו אצלנו בגינה! Not every day do we see a ladybug in our…

how to say “the one and only” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 24, 2013October 25, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? הָאֶחָד וְהַיָּחִיד The English expression the one and only translates to Hebrew literally – הָאֶחָד וְהַיָּחִיד when referring to a male, and הָאַחַת וְהַיְּחִידָה when referring to a female. For example: אֲנִי שָׂמֵחַ לְהַצִּיג אֶת הָאַחַת וְהַיְּחִידָה, רִיטָה. I’m happy to present (to you), the one…