how to say “headline” in Hebrew
מִתְחַשֵּׁק לִי… Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for that basic feeling of desire or the urge to live and enjoy is חֵשֶׁק . אֵין לִי חֵשֶׁק לָצֵאת הַיּוֹם. I don’t have the oomph to go out today. To say I feel like… or I don’t feel like…, you’d use a reflexive-intensive…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
having trouble seeing the print? סִבֹּלֶת Check out our spring and summer courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat, Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tzfat Correction to previous post: In the previous post, I introduced the Hebrew term for dryer. I had written מְכוֹנַת יִבּוּשׁ (meh-khoh-NAHT yee-BOOSH) as the title, then changed my mind and adjusted the body of the post, but I…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרצה-#.m4a” /]מַרְצֶה While פרופסור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרצה-#.m4a” /] does mean professor, it’s not the word that Israelis students tend to use to refer to the person who teaches them at the university level. The word they prefer is מרצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרצה-#.m4a” /] – literally, lecturer: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מרצה-#.m4a” /]גיגלתי אותה – היא מרצה בטכניון. I googled her – she’s…
יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for between is בֵּין , so that in-between is בֵּינַיִם . Medieval times, or the Middle Ages, are thus called יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם – literally, the in-between days. For example: הָיוּ וִכּוּחִים פִילוֹסוֹפִיִּם גְּדוֹלִים בֵּין רַבָּנִים בִּימֵי הַבֵּינַיִם. There were great philosophical arguments among…
having trouble seeing the print? אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר (פְרָיֶר) Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! A more accurate translation of the phrase אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר is I’m no sucker, but the word sucker has fallen out of favor, having become somewhat foreign to English speakers in its meaning of someone naive, who easily taken advantage of….