how to say “reply” in Hebrew

לְהִתְרַחֵץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-1.mp3″ /] To wash something is the active-simple verb לִרְחוֹץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-2.mp3″ /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-3.mp3″ /]רָחַצְתָּ יָדַיִם? Did you (a male) wash your hands? Now, that’s the simple action of washing an object or a body part. But to wash oneself or to bathe is a different action, a reflexive one. The word…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לקלוט-1.m4a” /]לִקְלוֹט The word לקלוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לקלוט-1.m4a” /] means literally to absorb or to take in, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לקלוט-2.m4a” /]החור באדמה נועד לקלוט כדורי גולף. The hole in the ground is meant to catch (take in) golf balls. But לקלוט also comes in handy when referring to one’s ability to “get” that which is said to…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/yo-#.m4a” /]סַע! לֵךְ! קָדִימָה! In English, to give someone a green light to do something, you might say go! or go ahead! In Hebrew, you’re likely to hear people saying !סע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/סע-#.m4a” /], which means literally travel! For example, the motto of one of Israeli’s shared car services (CityCar) is: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/סע-#.m4a” /]פשוט קח…