how to say “mask” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /]מִילִּים גַּסּוֹת, קְלָלוֹת I grew up in Los Angeles, where half of my class in school spoke Farsi. As a youth, which words did I naturally I pick up? The curse words – in Hebrew, מילים גסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /] – literally coarse words, or simply קללות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /] – curses. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/תימן-#.m4a” /]תֵּימָן The English name of the southernmost state on the Arabian Peninsula follows the Arabic: Yemen. But the Hebrew name – תימן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/תימן-#.m4a” /] – departs a bit by adding a t sound. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/תימן-#.m4a” /]הם עלו לארץ מתימן בשנות החמישים. They immigrated to Israel from Yemen in the Fifties. Both…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-1.m4a” /]הֲכִי טוֹב, הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר, הַמֵּיטָב If you look closely at the three expressions above for the best, you’ll find the word טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-2.m4a” /] – good – in all of them, in some form. Each of these expressions is useful in different contexts: הכי טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-3.m4a” /] is an everyday expression, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-4.m4a”…