having trouble seeing the print? טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program The Hebrew word for mobile – describing something portable or that moves from place to place – is נַיָּד (nah-YAHD). So a mobile telephone is a טֶלֶפוֹן נייד. The word טלפון (TEH-leh-phohn) itself does have a proper Hebrew term invented by the Academy of the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]לְפַנּוֹת מָקוֹם To clear something – to remove it – is לפנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]דוד, שכחת לפנות את השולחן! David, you forgot to clear the table! So to clear space for someone or something – to make room or to give way – is לפנות מקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…
having trouble seeing the print? תָּכְנִית הַחֲלֻקָּה How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! This one’s for Yonit, whose birthday coincides with this historic date. Today marks sixty-four years since the UN General Assembly adopted the Partition Plan for Palestine. The Hebrew translation for that loaded term is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יהיה-כיף-1.m4a” /]יִהְיֶה כֵּיף A few months ago a video went viral in Israel, crossing all cultural, religious and political barriers. Sung by an Arab schoolteacher in Taibeh along with her young Hebrew-language learners, the words to the song featured in the video go: גשם, גשם מטפטף! [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יהיה-כיף-2.m4a” /]גשם, גשם, איזה כיף! Rain, rain dripping! Rain, rain,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת לָאוֹטוֹבּוּס The Hebrew word for bus (or autobus) is simple enough to remember: אוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /]. What about getting on the bus? That’s לעלות לאוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /]אפשר לעלות לאוטובוס גם מהדלת האחורית. You can also get on the bus from the back door. לעלות ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /] means literally to go up to….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שמש-שקרנית-#.m4a” /]שֶׁמֶשׁ שַׁקְרָנִית The icon for the sun today on the Jerusalem weather app, ירושמיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שמש-שקרנית-#.m4a” /], is pale blue. Had I taken this screenshot yesterday, you would have seen the text שמש שקרנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שמש-שקרנית-#.m4a” /] – a lying sun – next to the icon (now it says שמשי, פחות קר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שמש-שקרנית-#.m4a” /] –…