how to say “hopes and dreams” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? עָתִיד Conversational-Hebrew classes in Jerusalem – Tel Aviv RBS – Rehovot – everywhere else In a smart branding move, Yair Lapid named his resoundingly popular political party יֵשׁ עָתִיד – Atid rhymes with Lapid, thus linking the idea of hope for a bright future with the winning man himself. The word עָתִיד, in Modern…
having trouble seeing the print? תַּרְדֶּמֶת listen and repeat Tomorrow Israel will lay to rest Former Prime Minster Ariel “Arik” Sharon. Sharon suffered a massive stroke eight years ago, and since then had been in a coma. The Hebrew word for coma is תַּרְדֶּמֶת listen and repeat. For example: אֲרִיאֵל…
דייט, וכו. My Level 5 class at AACI Jerusalem is composed partly of some self-proclaimed yentes – people (usually ladies) who like to talk a lot. So the word for date (as in a non-platonic meeting between two people) came up. My students were surprised that the word for date in Hebrew is none other than…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת In Hebrew, an acronym (letters that stand for words, such as CIA) is ראשי תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] – literally, heads of words, where תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] is a Mishnaic word for words. Hebrew is full of ראשי תיבות, which can be frustrating: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]ראשי תיבות לפעמים מרגישים כמו שפה בפני עצמה. Acronyms sometimes…
שֶׁטַח listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for territory is the same as that for area in the geometric sense: שֶׁטַח listen and repeat. For example: כַּמָּה מֶטְרִים מְרֻבָּעִים שֶׁטַח הַדִּירָה? How many square meters is the apartment? listen and הֵם גָּרִים בַּשְּׁטָחִים. They live in the territories….