how to say “I feel like doing…”
The Hebrew word for that basic feeling of desire or the urge to live and enjoy is חֵשֶׁק
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גוף-תאורה-1.m4a” /]גּוּף תְּאוּרָה Since חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גוף-תאורה-2.m4a” /] (Hanukkah) involves the themes of אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גוף-תאורה-3.m4a” /] – light and Hellenism, which celebrated the human body – גוף האדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גוף-תאורה-4.m4a” /], I thought I’d introduce a Hebrew term that combines these into a useful day-to-day expression. גוף תאורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גוף-תאורה-1.m4a” /] is a light fixture. Literally, it’s a body of…
שְׁאִיפוֹת Can’t read Hebrew yet? The English word aspiration finds its roots in the Latin word spirare – to breathe. Likewise, the Hebrew word for to aspire is the same as that of to inhale – the active-simple verb לִשְׁאוֹף . And an aspiration is a שְׁאִיפָה . For example: לַבַּחוּרָה הַזֹּאת יֵשׁ שְׁאִיפוֹת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אמור-זה-שם-#.m4a” /]אָמוּר זֶה שָׁם שֶׁל דָּג Psychologist Aaron Beck helped people rise above anxiety by teaching them to stop shoulding all over themselves – to stop telling themselves that they should be this or that. Hebrew’s got an expression of a similar punch as a response to people saying I should / am supposed to – אני…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /]גִּדּוּל Yesterday we saw that to raise a child is לגדל ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-2.m4a” /]. This active-intensive verb לגדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-3.m4a” /] has a corresponding noun form – גידול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /], so that raising children is גידול ילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-4.m4a” /]. But the word גידול also means a growth or a tumor, so you’re more likely to hear people avoid…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
having trouble seeing the print? הָאֲתַר בִּבְנִיָּה visit us on Facebook! The basic Hebrew word for place is מָקוֹם , while the word site – אֲתַר – is borrowed from Aramaic, where it is the basic word for place. אתר is used in Modern Hebrew to refer to a site, including a website. To build is לִבְנוֹת ,…