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how to say “personal” in Hebrew
אִישִׁי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אישי-1.mp3″ /] There’s private – פְּרָטִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אישי-2.mp3″ /], as in private school – בֵּית סֵפֶר פְּרָטִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אישי-3.mp3″ /]. And then there’s personal – אִישִׁי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אישי-1.mp3″ /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/אישי-4.mp3″ /]זֹאת הוֹדָעָה אִישִׁית בִּמְיֻחָד עֲבוּרְכֶם. This is a personal message especially for you (plural). While פרטי comes from the word פְּרָט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/אישי-5.mp3″ /] –…
how to say “national mourning” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-1.m4a” /]אֵבֶל לְאֻמִּי Today Jews around the world commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in ancient times, as well as all the other great tragedies of Jewish history. The term for national mourning is אבל לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-2.m4a” /]תשעה באב הוא יום של אבל לאומי. Tisha B’Av (the ninth of the Jewish…
daily video – how to say “pain in the —-” in Hebrew
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “air pollution” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זיהום-אוויר-1.m4a” /]זִהוּם אֲוִיר The Hebrew word for air – אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זיהום-אוויר-2.m4a” /] – is borrowed from Ancient Greek. The word for pollution (as well as infection) is זיהום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זיהום-אוויר-3.m4a” /]. The word appears in Mishnaic Hebrew and comes from the active-intensive verb לזהם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זיהום-אוויר-4.m4a” /] – to pollute or to contaminate. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זיהום-אוויר-5.m4a” /]נמל חיפה זיהם את המים. The…
today there was a big one – how do you say “demonstration” in Hebrew?
הפגנה To my Level-5-ers – you’ve already had this lesson. Consider it review :). The Hebrew word for demonstration – political or otherwise – is הַפְגָּנָה (hahf-gah-NAH). To demonstrate or to display is לְהַפְגִּין (le-hahf-GHEEN). For example, הוּא מַפְגִּין עִנְיָן בַּלִּמּוּדִים (hoo mahf-GHEEN een-YAHN bah-lee-moo-DEEM) – he displays interest in (his/the) studies. Today there…
how to say “early childhood” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/הגיל-הרך-#.m4a” /]הַגִּיל הָרַךְ We’ve seen that at least one Hebrew expression for newborn is רך הנולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/הגיל-הרך-#.m4a” /] – literally, a soft one that has been born. Another similar expression is הגיל הרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/הגיל-הרך-#.m4a” /] – the soft age, or early childhood. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/הגיל-הרך-#.m4a” /]היא עושה התמחות בטיפול בגיל הרך. She’s doing an internship…