. . [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עמית-#.m4a” /]קוֹלֵגָה, עָמִית The more commonly-used word for colleague, in Hebrew, is קולגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עמית-#.m4a” /] (from Latin). This is the term used for female as well as male counterparts, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עמית-#.m4a” /]דויד ואני קולגות כבר עשר שנים. David and I have been colleagues ten years already. The proper Hebrew word עמית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עמית-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בין-השורות-1.m4a” /]לִקְרוֹא בֵּין הַשּׁוּרוֹת One element of writing style is to say one thing and hint at another – to communicate between the lines. Such writing has an emotional impact on the reader, persuading them more so than straightforward language can do. In Hebrew, to read between the lines is a literal translation: לקרוא בין השורות[audioclip…
having trouble seeing the print? כָּרִישׁ Hebrew Class Starts Next Week In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now! If you’re like me and Jaws scared the heck out of you, raise your hand. The Hebrew word for shark is כָּרִישׁ . The plural is כְּרִישִׁים . An example: שֶׁלֹּא נֵדַע…
Click the Hebrew word above to hear it pronounced. After Shabbat the other night I was pretty hungry – not because I hadn’t eaten enough at my gracious Kfar Chabad cousins’ place, but because over the past two days my diet has consisted mostly of white-flour products – lots of carbs. The…