how to say “insurance” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]בֶּן אֵנְד גֶּ’רִיס Like many foreign brand names, Ben & Jerry’s gets translated (well, transliterated) as בן אנד ג’ריס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /].  But there’s another option for translating the brand name: בן את ג’רי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]. Why? Isn’t את[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /] that annoying word that doesn’t have an English translation?  Yes and no. את…

  [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להגיד-1.mp3″ /]לְהַגִּיד, לוֹמַר, לֵאמֹר The most common way of saying to say in Hebrew is לְהַגִּיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להגיד-2.mp3″ /], an active-causative verb of the root נ.ג.ד (n.g.d). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להגיד-3.mp3″ /]אֲנִי רוֹצֶה לְהַגִּיד לְךָ כַּמָּה דְּבָרִים. I (a male) want to say a few things to you. In spoken Hebrew, this verb is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מראה-1.m4a” /]מַרְאָה, רְאִי Non-human and non-animal things in English have no grammatical gender. You wouldn’t say “she’s a nice shirt” or “he’s a big house.” Most other Western and Middle-Eastern languages do have such gender assignments, and Hebrew is no exception. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מראה-2.m4a” /]היא חולצה יפה. It’s a nice shirt. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מראה-3.m4a”…