how to say “presentable” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/סיפור-עממי-#.m4a” /]סִיפּוּר עֲמָמִי The Hebrew word for story or tale is סיפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/סיפור-עממי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/סיפור-עממי-#.m4a” /]אבא, ספר לנו סיפור! Dad, tell us a story! A folk tale is סיפור עממי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/סיפור-עממי-#.m4a” /], where עממי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/סיפור-עממי-#.m4a” /] is related to the word עם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/סיפור-עממי-#.m4a” /] – people or nation. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/סיפור-עממי-#.m4a” /]ספק אם זה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרמות-1.m4a” /]לְרַמּוֹת You’re playing poker and your friend tries to pull a fast one on you. You might call him out with: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרמות-2.m4a” /]רמאי! Cheater! Or: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרמות-3.m4a” /]אתה מרמה! You’re cheating! לרמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרמות-1.m4a” /] is to cheat. It’s an active-intensive verb of the root ר.מ.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרמות-4.m4a” /], which means deception in this case…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /]פָּשׁוּט Whereas in English it takes three (albeit short) words to say it’s just that…, Hebrew keeps it simple with one word: פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /], which means, well simple or simply. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /]לא התכוונתי להתעלם ממך, פשוט הייתי נורא עסוק. I didn’t mean to ignore you (a female), it’s just that I…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /]מַשָּׂאִית We saw yesterday that a carrier of a virus is a נשא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /] if he’s male and נשאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. The root of these is נ.ש.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /]. Another good word to know of the same root is משאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /] – truck. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /]צריך רישיון מיוחד…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לאלתר-#.m4a” /]לְאַלְתֵּר The Hebrew word for to improvise is לאלתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לאלתר-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb of the four-letter root א.ל.ת.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לאלתר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לאלתר-#.m4a” /]כשאין ברירה, חייבים לאלתר. When there’s no choice, we must improvise. You may be thinking, what kind of Hebrew verb has a four-letter root? Don’t they all have…