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
having trouble seeing the print? הֲשָׂמָה DEADLINE TOMORROW! Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! photo by Unhindered by Talent To put or to place something down, in Hebrew, is the simple פעל verb, לָשִׂים (lah-SEEM). Its root is שׂ.י.מ (s.y.m) Applying that ancient Hebrew word to the commercial world of today, we get לְהָשׂים (leh-hah-SEEM) – to place a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/צלחת-לוויין-#.m4a” /]צַלַּחַת לַוְיָן Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew word for satellite is לוויין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/צלחת-לוויין-#.m4a” /]. What about a satellite dish? That’s צלחת לוויין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/צלחת-לוויין-#.m4a” /] – literally satellite plate. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/צלחת-לוויין-#.m4a” /]צלחת הלוויין שלך תעמוד בפני הרוח? היא לא עדינה מדי? Will your satellite dish withstand the wind? It’s not too fragile (gentle)? (see…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /]מַעֲבִיד, מַעֲסִיק If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for work – עבודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /]. Following this root ע.ב.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] we get the words עובד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] and עובדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] – employee (male and female, respectively), עבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a” /] – (male) slave, and מעביד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מעביד-#.m4a”…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּיָד רְחָבָה Watch a demo video of one of our Hebrew courses. Class starts October 30 around the country. Register by October 11 to save NIS 200. Languages in general often make use of concrete images to express abstract ideas – we call this figurative language. Here’s a…
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 . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!