how to say “fundraising event” in Hebrew
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גִּלּוּי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Last summer I did a video on the Hebrew expression for Columbus discovered America. The word for to discover is the same as that for to reveal: לְגַלּוֹת listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb of the root ג.ל.ה (g.l.h). For example: הִיא גִּלְּתָה לִי אֶת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /]בָּשָׂר נָא A raw vegetable in Hebrew is ירק טרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /] (fresh vegetable) or ירק חי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /] (“live” vegetable). Raw meat is often called בשר חי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /], but there’s also a special term for it – בשר נא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /]. This also means rare meat, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב את…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לבקש-יפה-#.m4a” /]לְבַקֵּשׁ יָפֶה How do you say to ask in Hebrew? It depends. If you’re asking a question, it’s לשאול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לבקש-יפה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לבקש-יפה-#.m4a” /]כבר שאלתי אותו – אין לו תשובה. I already asked him – he doesn’t have an answer. But if you’re asking for something – making a request – it’s לבקש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לבקש-יפה-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מצב-אישי-1.m4a” /]מַצָּב אִישִׁי The Hebrew word for marriage is נישואין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מצב-אישי-2.m4a” /]. It comes from the root נ.ש.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מצב-אישי-3.m4a” /] meaning lifting up. Traditionally, a man would lift the woman into a greater status by marrying her (think crossing the threshold). He would in turn be uplifted as well by the woman he chose. As for marital status, Hebrew uses a…
having trouble seeing the print? שִנָּנִית Get talking… in Hebrew. Class starts THIS SUNDAYin four locations with Ulpan La-Inyan. Ever run out of dental floss? I did this week… and my dental hygienist might give me a scolding if I don’t replace it soon. The Academy of the Hebrew Language came up with an…
having trouble seeing the print? צִיּוּר Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. As a child, I loved to draw. So did my Hebrew teacher, my father. So among my first verbs growing up was to draw in English and לְצַיֵּר (leh-tsah-YEHR) in Hebrew. לצייר also means to paint a picture (not a building – that’s…