מִגְרָשׁ מִשְׂחָקִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מגרש-משחקים4.mp3″ /] A game in Hebrew is מִשְׂחָק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מגרש-משחקים5.mp3″ /], from the root שׂ.ח.ק (s.kh.k) meaning playing. A court or a lot is a מִגְרָשׁ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מגרש-משחקים6.mp3″ /], of the root ג.ר.שׁ (g.r.s) meaning expulsion or sending away (linguists theorize that people would send their animals away to graze in the מגרש, which was…
having trouble seeing the print? מְשִׁיבוֹן Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! If you’ve called someone in Israel on their cell phone and didn’t manage to get through, chances are you’ve heard the following message: שָׁלוֹם, הִגַּעְתֶּם לַמְּשִׁיבוֹן הַסֶּלוֹלָרִי שֶׁל… (shah-LOHM, hee-GAH-tem lah-meh-shee-VOHN hah-seh-loh-LAH-ree shel…) Hello, you’ve reached the cellular answering…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְקַוֶּה שֶׁכֵּן Israel’s national anthem is called התקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-2.m4a” /] – literally, the hope. To hope is the active-intensive verb לקוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-3.m4a” /], so that I hope is אני מקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-4.m4a” /] if you’re a male, and אני מקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-5.m4a” /] if you’re a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-6.m4a” /]האם הבנק פתוח היום? אני מקווה…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /]מֵדִיחַ כֵּלִים To wash dishes by hand is לשטוף כלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /]דני שוטף כלים היום. Danny is washing dishes today. But a dishwasher is מדיח כלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מדיח-כלים-#.m4a” /]אולי הגיע הזמן לקנות מדיח כלים? Perhaps the time has come to buy a dishwasher? But…