how to say “store credit” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גמר-1.m4a” /]חֲצִי גְּמָר We’ve seen that לגמור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גמר-2.m4a” /] is one of the words for to finish in Hebrew. While that word is finding less and less public usage, its root ג.מ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גמר-3.m4a” /] thrives in sports, reality TV and academia in the word גמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גמר-4.m4a” /] – end, completion, termination. It appears in terms such as עבודת…
בקשה If you know some Hebrew, you surely know the word for please: בְּבַקַשָּׁה (be-vah-kah-SHAH). This word means, literally, in request. The word for a request, likewise, is (bah-kah-SHAH). I’m taking בַּקַשּׁוֹת (bah-kah-SHOHT) for daily doses of Hebrew, people. Just hit the “comments” section below and send me some. And if you’d…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הצעת-מחיר-1.wav” /]הַצַּעַת מְחִיר Yesterday, we saw the word for to propose or to offer – להציע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הצעת-מחיר-2.wav” /]. The abstract noun version of this word is הצעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הצעת-מחיר-3.wav” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הצעת-מחיר-4.wav” /]יש לי הצעה בשבילך. I have a proposition for you (a male). And being that a price quote is actually an offer, the Hebrew…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/משהו-עובר-עליו-#.m4a” /]מַשֶּׁהוּ עוֹבֵר עָלָיו Here’s another expression whose English version is very close to the Hebrew meaning: עבר עליו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/משהו-עובר-עליו-#.m4a” /] means came over him, or literally, passed over him. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/משהו-עובר-עליו-#.m4a” /]משהו עובר עליו, אבל אני לא יודע מה. Something has come over him, but I don’t know what. see full conversation In…
[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” /].
אֹמֶץ The People of Israel are standing on the shore of a sea. Behind them, an army of Egyptian horsemen is advancing quickly, with vengeance in their stride. Moses receives the message from G-d that the people are to cross the sea. No one moves. Then, one man takes a leap of faith…