how to say “high school” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]בֵּית דְּפוּס A house in Hebrew is בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], while many houses are בתים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]. Printing is דפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], a word derived from the Greek τυπος (tupos). So a printing house or house of printing is בית דפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]יש בית דפוס פה במתחם? Is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /]הַרְגָּשָׁה You may know the expression I don’t feel well: אני לא מרגיש טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /] (spoken by a male) אני לא מרגישה טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /] (spoken by a female) להרגיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb, is to feel. And the noun version of להרגיש is הרגשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /] -a feeling. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הרגשה-#.m4a” /]יש…

שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת, שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Can’t read Hebrew yet?   The Hebrew word for hundred is feminine, as its ah ending hints – מֵאָה  And since numbers are adjectives, three hundred is שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת – literally, three of hundred.   For example:   מִבְחַן נְהִיגָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹלֶה שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת שְׁקָלִים! A driving test in Israel costs three hundred…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-1.m4a” /]אָרוֹמָה, נִיחוֹחַ Anyone who’s spent more than a week in Israel probably knows the cafe chain ארומה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-2.m4a” /], which means… you guessed it, aroma, which came to English via Greek. But there’s another word, an authentic Hebrew one, for aroma or scent that appears in the Bible: ניחוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-4.m4a” /]יש…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צל-1.m4a” /]צֵל Though physically speaking they are more or less the same, shade and shadow can mean very different things in English: shade is cool and pleasant, while shadow can be frightening, a place where monsters lurk. Hebrew has one word for both: צל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צל-1.m4a” /], which in Biblical has either a neutral or positive connotation, as it usually does in Modern Hebrew as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אתגר-חצי-מרתון-1.m4a” /]אֶתְגַּר חֲצִי מָרָתוֹן Challenges promoting good causes – such as the Ice Bucket Challenge – have been trending on social media over the past few years. The Hebrew word for challenge is אתגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אתגר-חצי-מרתון-2.m4a” /], so the Ice Bucket Challenge was called: אתגר דלי הקרח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אתגר-חצי-מרתון-3.m4a” /] Another popular challenge is a marathon…