how to say “special” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /]בָּחוּר, בַּחוּרָה The Hebrew word for young man or guy is בחור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /], while his female counterpart is a בחורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /]הוא בחור נבון ומכיל. He’s a wise and sensitive young man. Now, בחור and בחורה technically mean young man/woman, but they’ve been known to refer to a person…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להסתגל-#.m4a” /]לְהִסְתַּגֵּל Here’s a word that sums up a lot of what we’ve been doing the past year: להסתגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להסתגל-#.m4a” /] – to adapt. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להסתגל-#.m4a” /]לאט לאט למדנו להסתגל למציאות החדשה. Slowly we’ve learned to adapt to the new reality. להסתגל is a התפעל verb of the root ס.ג.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להסתגל-#.m4a” /], which…
having trouble seeing the print? כְּבִיסָה Check out our spring and summer courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat, Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tzfat If Passover preparations weren’t enough cleaning, this week’s Torah portion discusses some more – both physical and spiritual. The Modern and Biblical Hebrew word for to wash clothing is לְכַבֵּס (leh-khah-BES), an active-intensive פיעל verb of the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְנַצֵּל The Hebrew word for to apologize is the התפעל verb להתנצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]. The word first appears in Biblical Hebrew in the context of removing jewelry in an act of shame and submission. This very physical act was down in the presence of someone else, so the word is followed with a form…
מוֹרֶה מַחְלִיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מורה-מחליף-1.mp3″ /] Some of our students believe that our teachers are so good that they have superhuman powers. But the truth is that even these teachers get sick on occasion or otherwise need a substitute for a lesson or two. The Hebrew term for substitute teacher is מוֹרֶה מַחְלִיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מורה-מחליף-1.mp3″ /] – literally, a teacher…