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how to say “totally” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/לגמרי-#.m4a” /]לְגַמְרֵי If you remember when in the nineties Americans would say things like totally radical, dude!, raise your hand with me. Hebrew has a few words for totally and completely (one of them is בהחלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/לגמרי-#.m4a” /], made famous by Shulem Shtisel), but the one that best matches the slangy tone of totally is לגמרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/לגמרי-#.m4a” /]….
how to say “home-front command” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/פיקוד-העורף-#.m4a” /]פִּיקּוּד הָעוֹרֶף This is one of the terms we’re hearing on the news in Israel these days – פיקוד העורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/פיקוד-העורף-#.m4a” /], or in English, home-front command. It’s the military body of the IDF in charge of defending civilians. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/פיקוד-העורף-#.m4a” /]חשוב להקפיד על ההנחיות של פיקוד העורף. It’s important to follow…
how to say “navy blue” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /]כָּחוֹל כֵּהֶה Navy blue, in Hebrew, is כחול כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /] – literally, dark blue. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /]יש לכם חולצה כזאת בצבע כחול כהה? Do you guys have a shirt like this in the color navy blue ? כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /] means simply dark when describing a person or object, so that dark red…
how to say “faith” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]אֱמוּנָה To trust or rely on someone is לסמוך על מישהו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]אני סומך עליו בעיניים עצומות. I trust him with (my) eyes shut. But to believe in someone or something – to have faith in them – is -להאמין ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]את יכולה, שרה. אני מאמין…
how to say “to blind” in Hebrew
לסנוור עִוֵּר (ee-VEHR) for a male and עִוֶּרֶת (ee-VEH-ret) for a female are the Hebrew words for someone who is blind. By contrast, to blind someone is לְסַנְוֵר (le-sahn-VEHR). This is a very old word; it comes up in next week’s Torah portion, where the angels visiting Lot strike the Sodomites with blindness –…
how to say “question” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /]שְׁאֵלָה While to ask is the simple verb לשאול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /], a question is שאלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /]יש לי שאלה אליכם. I have a question for (to) you guys. If you’ve watched the Israeli drama Shtisel, you’ve probably heard the expression מה השאלה בכלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /] – what’s (even) the…