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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /]סְתָם To joke around, in Hebrew, is להתבדח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /], while I’m joking is אני צוחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] if you’re a male and אני צוחקת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] if you’re a female. Both צוחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] and צוחקת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /] are forms of the simple verb לצחוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/סתם-#.m4a” /], which means literally to laugh….
how to say “not worth a dime” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לא-שווה-גרוש-#.m4a” /]לֹא שָׁוֶה גְּרוּשׁ Today in Israel, the currency is the new שקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לא-שווה-גרוש-#.m4a” /] – Shekel, whose cent value (one hundredth) is the אגורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לא-שווה-גרוש-#.m4a” /] – Agora. But in earlier periods of the state, the cent value was the גרוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לא-שווה-גרוש-#.m4a” /], a name brought over from Eastern Europe. So the expression, not worth a dime,…
how to say “toward the evening” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לקראת-הערב-#.m4a” /]לִקְרַאת הָעֶרֶב If you have some basic Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for evening – ערב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לקראת-הערב-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לקראת-הערב-#.m4a” /]ערב טוב! Good evening! The best expression in Hebrew to use when speaking about the late afternoon, is לקראת הערב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לקראת-הערב-#.m4a” /] – literally, toward the evening….
how to say “valley” in Hebrew
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