how to say “hardships” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנוי-במחלוקת-1.m4a” /]שָׁנוּי בְּמַחְלׁקֶת The Mishnah – המשנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנוי-במחלוקת-2.m4a” /] – is called such because the words are meant to be repeated over and over until they are memorized: משנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנוי-במחלוקת-3.m4a” /] comes from the root ש.נ.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנוי-במחלוקת-4.m4a” /], the same root as that of שניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנוי-במחלוקת-5.m4a” /] – two, and שנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שנוי-במחלוקת-6.m4a” /] – a second time or again. Something else that tends…

תַּפְנִית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפנית-1.mp3″ /] If you’ve taken our Level 1 class, you know the word for to turn – לִפְנוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפנית-2.mp3″ /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפנית-3.mp3″ /]בָּרַמְזוֹר, אַתְּ פּוֹנָה שְׂמֹאלָה. At the traffic light, you (a female) turn left. The root of לפנות is פ.נ.ה (p.n.h), which forms the base of the word for a change…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתאמן-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְאַמֵּן Last Friday, the streets of Jerusalem were closed to traffic and, instead, open to thousands of runners and spectators participating in the Jerusalem Marathon (we at Ulpan La-Inyan proudly support AACI’s Shira Pransky Project). The Hebrew word for to work out is the reflexive verb להתאמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתאמן-1.m4a” /] – literally, to train. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתאמן-2.m4a” /]הוא מתאמן שלוש…