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how to say “I can’t afford” in Hebrew
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how to say “species” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-1.m4a” /]מִין The Hebrew word מין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-1.m4a” /] has three meanings (no pun intended): gender, sex and species. In order to avoid misleading people into thinking that there is only one sex of crocodile, some speakers might use the word זן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-2.m4a” /] to mean species and say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-3.m4a” /]זה לא קרוקודיל, זה זן אחר. This is not a crocodile,…
how to say “please come prepared with…” in Hebrew
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