how to say “self confidence” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]לִגְלוֹל The Hebrew root ג.ו.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /] is about roundness. We see it in the word for marbles – גולות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]. ג.ו.ל sometimes appears as another root – ג.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /], as in the simple verb to scroll – לגלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]צריך לגלול עד סוף הדף. You need to scroll to…
having trouble seeing the print? דֹּפֶק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The word introduced yesterday, לִדְפוֹק – to knock – (leed-FOHK), has a quasi-literal meaning of to beat, as in heartbeat. It follows, then, that the word for pulse would be related: דֹּפֶק (DOH-fek)….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/האותיות-הקטנות-1.m4a” /]הָאוֹתִיוֹת הַקְּטַנּוֹת Hebrew’s expression for the fine print – that important text in a contract that people often gloss over – is literally the small letters: האותיות הקטנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/האותיות-הקטנות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/האותיות-הקטנות-2.m4a” /]אל תחתום על ההסכם עד שקראת את האותיות הקטנות! Don’t sign the agreement until you’ve read the fine print! (spoken to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-1.m4a” /]לִשְׁאוֹף To breathe is לנשום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-2.m4a” /]. And the specific actions of to inhale and to exhale are לשאוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-1.m4a” /] and לנשוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-3.m4a” /], respectively. As former US President Bill Clinton once said: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשאוף-4.m4a” /]התנסיתי פעם או פעמיים עם מריחוואנה… אבל… לא שאפתי. I experimented with marijuana a time or two… but… I didn’t inhale. לשאוף…
having trouble seeing the print? תּוֹשָׁב brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat in Israel and next Shabbat abroad presents the Biblical laws of real estate as well as the laws of citizenship. A key term in civics is a resident –…
having trouble seeing the print? לְגַיֵּס, לִרְתּוֹם Level 4 Hebrew course opening in Tel Aviv this Sunday! Suppose you need to recruit people to volunteer to say, give blood… or to donate towards the establishment of a magnificent spiritual center, as it happens in the Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews around the…