how to say “thank you in advance” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/לגמרי-#.m4a” /]לְגַמְרֵי If you remember when in the nineties Americans would say things like totally radical, dude!, raise your hand with me. Hebrew has a few words for totally and completely (one of them is בהחלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/לגמרי-#.m4a” /], made famous by Shulem Shtisel), but the one that best matches the slangy tone of totally is לגמרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/לגמרי-#.m4a” /]….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/המספר-שחויג-1.m4a” /]הַמִּסְפָּר שֶׁחֻיָּג To dial, in Hebrew, is לחייג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/המספר-שחויג-2.m4a” /]. And just as the physical action of dialing is now only a figure of speech we use to mean tapping numbers rather than actually turning the dial on a rotary phone (visual aids for those of you who don’t know what a rotary phone is),…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפי-דעתי-#.m4a” /]לְפִי דַּעֲתִי An opinion, in Hebrew, is דעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפי-דעתי-#.m4a” /]. Its three letters make up the root of other words as well, such as לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפי-דעתי-#.m4a” /] – to know, מודעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפי-דעתי-#.m4a” /] – awareness, and מדע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפי-דעתי-#.m4a” /] – science, among others. My opinion is דעתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפי-דעתי-#.m4a” /]. And in my opinion – or, more…
עוֹבֵד, מָעֳסָק listen to these words pronounced If you’re attending a Passover Seder this year, here’s קצת עברית (keh-TSAHT eev-REET) – a bit of Hebrew – for you that you can share at the table. About a year ago I wrote an entry on the Hebrew words for employer – מַעֲסִיק (mah-ah-SEEK – masculine) and מַעֲסִיקָה (mah-ah-see-KAH…