how to say “liquid” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]בּוֹחַן, חִידוֹן A test – מבחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – is usually no fun. But a quiz can be either daunting or entertaining, depending on the context.  Hebrew has two words for quiz, one for each occasion: בוחן [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]- a quiz at school, and חידון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – a quiz used as a game, often trivia….

תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for stone is אֶבֶן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-2.mp3″ /]. Although it doesn’t sound like one, this word is feminine, so that precious stones are אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-3.mp3″ /]. The word for period of time is תְּקוּפָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תקופת-האבן-4.mp3″ /]. When connected to another word in an “of relationship” (the construct state), תקופה…