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how to say “to expel” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /]לְגָרֵשׁ Here’s an unpleasant word – לגרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /], to expel. So let’s give it a pleasant context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /]באנו חושך לגרש… We’ve come to expel darkness… (see conversation) I didn’t make this up – it’s from a very popular Hanukkah song. לגרש is a פיעל verb. Expulsion is גירוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /].
how do you say “excited” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתרגש-1.m4a” /]מִתְרַגֵּשׁ The Hebrew word for emotion is רגש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתרגש-2.m4a” /]. You might recognize it in the word (active-causative verb) for to feel – להרגיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתרגש-3.m4a” /]. You’ll also spot it in the reflexive-intensive verb להתרגש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתרגש-4.m4a” /] – to get excited or to get emotional. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתרגש-5.m4a” /]היא מתרגשת לקראת הטיסה שלה למקסיקו. She’s excited…
Weekly YDDH Review
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
How to say “flood” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /]הֲצָפָה While שיטפון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /] is a flash flood, the Hebrew word for a standard flood is הצפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /]. For example: ההצפות בארץ בשבוע שעבר גבו קרבנות.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /] The floods in Israel last week claimed victims. הצפה is a noun coming from the הפעיל verb, להציף [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הצפה-#.m4a” /] – to flood. The root is…
how to say “childish” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? יַלְדּוּתִי The Hebrew word for child – probably related to the English word – is יֶלֶד (YEH-led) for a male and יַלְדָּה (yahl-DAH). Words that in English have -hood, -ism, etc, at the end of the word, in Hebrew typically have an וּת– (oot) ending. So childhood is יַלְדּוּת (yahl-DOOT). Childish,…
how to say “verify” in Hebrew
If you know some Hebrew, you likely know the word for truth – אֶמֶת (eh-MET). Suppose a woman representing your credit card company calls to inform you that you and your family have won a trip to Euro Disney. She’d ask you to verify your details. This is how she might say it: אֲנִי…