how to say “naturally” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-1.m4a” /]צֶדֶק חֶבְרָתִי If company or society is חברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-2.m4a” /], then social is חברתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-3.m4a” /] in the masculine and חברתית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-4.m4a” /] in the feminine. For example, a social network is רשת חברתית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-5.m4a” /]. Likewise, social justice is צדק חברתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדק-חברתי-1.m4a” /], which itself was part of the slogan of המחאה החברתית[audioclip…

  קַלְפִּי  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     The Hebrew word for ballot box – that box with a slot for the votes taking place today in Israel – is קַלְפִּי  listen and repeat. The word, borrowed from the Greek κάλπη (kalpi), first appears in Mishnaic Hebrew.    What about the word for…

[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….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /]כַּלָּה The Hebrew word for bride is כלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /]איפה קונים שמלת כלה במחיר טוב? Where does one buy a bridal gown at a good price? If you look carefully at the vocalized version of כַּלַּה – you’ll see a dot in the ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/כלה-#.m4a” /]. This dot indicates that…

Note: Monday’s dose had a typo: מעטמי ביטחון – for security reasons – should read מטעמי ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפיק-2.m4a” /]. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפיק-3.m4a” /]לְהָפִיק סֶרֶט Those versed in Talmud will surely recognize the Hebrew root פ.ו.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפיק-4.m4a” /] meaning come out, so that in the causative הפעיל verb form, להפיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפיק-5.m4a” /] means to bring out or to produce (in the Talmud’s Aramaic…