listen and repeat – literally, the day that is after.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /]מָעֳמָד The Hebrew word for candidate is מועמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] for a male and מועמדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] for a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /]כמה מועמדים יש לנו למשרה? How many candidates do we have for the position? (see full conversation) The root of מועמד is ע.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] meaning standing: someone who is a candidate…
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /]לְהַתְמִיד להתמיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] means to be persistent or to do something regularly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /]היא מתמידה לבוא לחדר הכושר. She comes to the gym regularly. להתמיד is a הפעיל verb. Its root, ת.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /], comes from the word תמיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] – always. Its verbal noun – התמדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופן-מפתיע-1.m4a” /]בְּאֹפֶן מַפְתִּיעַ You may know the Hebrew word for a surprise – הפתעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופן-מפתיע-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופן-מפתיע-3.m4a” /]עשינו לו מסיבת הפתעה. We made him a surprise party. הפתעה comes from the active-causative הפעיל verb להפתיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופן-מפתיע-5.m4a” /] – to surprise, so that surprising is מפתיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופן-מפתיע-6.m4a” /]. One way to add the equivalent of -ly to Hebrew…
הִזְדַמְּנוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-1.mp3″ /] Earlier this week we saw the Hebrew word for availability – זמינות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-2.mp3″ /], which comes from the root ז.מ.נ (z.m.n) meaning time. Another word deriving from that root is הזדמנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-1.mp3″ /] – opportunity. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הזדמנות-3.mp3″ /]פסימיסט רואה בהזדמנות קושי. אופטימיסט רואה בקושי הזדמנות. (וינסטון צ’רצ’יל) A pessimist sees the difficulty…