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how to say “take and go” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /]קַח וְסַע קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – take and go – isn’t super common. It’s in the motto of one of Israel’s shared car services: פשוט קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – literally, just take and go. But since it’s got two imperative (command) forms of super-common verbs, I figured it’s worth a Dose. קח[audioclip…
how to say “president” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? נָשִׂיא Right now the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference is taking place in Jerusalem. נְשִׂיא מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, מָר שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres The word for president is נָשִׂיא ( ). In the original Biblical Hebrew, נשיא referred to a person of stature and leadership in a particular…
how to say “the past” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/העבר-1.m4a” /]הֶעָבָר Yesterday we saw the word עתיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/העבר-2.m4a” /] – literally, future. The Hebrew word for past is עבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/העבר-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/העבר-4.m4a” /]אל תיתקע בעבר, תתכונן לעתיד. Don’t get stuck in the past, prepare for the future. (spoken to a male) עבר means literally (it) has passed.
how to say “these” in Hebrew
The basic word for these is אלה, as in: אלה המשקפיים שאיבדתי! These are the glasses I lost! and את באמת רוצה לקנות את אלה? Do you (a female) really want to buy these? There’s also אלו, which people tend to use in order to sound smart. It’s used in exactly the same way as אלה. These…
how to say “to charge (a device)” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/להטעין-#.m4a” /]לְהַטְעִין To load something is the simple verb לטעון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/להטעין-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/להטעין-#.m4a” /]אתה צריך עזרה לטעון את הרכב? Do you (a male) need help loading the car? To plug an electronic device into a socket and thus to cause it to load – to charge it – is להטעין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/להטעין-#.m4a” /]. For…
how to say “front seat” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /]מוֹשָׁב קִדְמִי You may know the word מושב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] as referring to an agricultural settlement. But it’s also a seat, which becomes apparent when we see that the root is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] meaning sitting. A front seat is מושב קדמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /], where קדמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] comes from the root ק.ד.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /]…