listen and repeat – literally, the day that is after.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בעד-נגד-#.m4a” /]בְּעַד, נֶגֶד The Hebrew word for for something or in support of something is בעד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בעד-נגד-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בעד-נגד-#.m4a” /]אני בעד דמוקרטיה. I’m for democracy. Likewise, against is נגד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בעד-נגד-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בעד-נגד-#.m4a” /]אני לא בעד ולא נגד. I’m neither for nor against. Both words have additional meanings such as through for בעד and opposite for נגד….
לאחל Here’s how a male would say to a female, in Hebrew, I wish you a good year: אֲנִי מְאַחֵל לָךְ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (ah-NEE meh-ah-KHEHL lahkh shah-NAH toh-VAH). Here’s how a female would say it to a male: אֲנִי מְאַחֶלֶת לְךָ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (ah-NEE meh-ah-KHEH-let le-KHAH shah-NAH toh-VAH). You can figure out how…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]אַסְטְרָטֶגִי Here’s a word you’ll probably find easy to recall, since it’s virtually the same word in English: a strategy is אסטרטגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /], while strategic is אסטרטגי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]הבסיס ממוקם במקום אסטרטגי ברמת הגולן. The base is located at a strategic place on the Golan Heights. Both strategy and אסטרטגיה…
להתחלק, לשתף To share a thing with one or more people – such as rent for an apartment – is לְהִתְחַלֵּק (le-heet-hah-LEK). To share a feeling or an experience, however, is לְשַׁתֵּף (le-shah-TEF). For example, רָחֵל שִׁתְּפָה אוֹתִי עַל הַטִּיּוּל שֶׁלָּהּ לְאֵירוֹפָּה (rah-HEL sheet-FAH oh-TEE ahl ha-tee-YOOL sheh-LAH le-ei-ROH-pah) – Rachel shared with me…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַצְבִּיעַ Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program Yesterday we encountered the Hebrew word for elections – בְּחִירוֹת . But just as election and vote are two different words in English, בחירות has a counterpart as well. The active-causative הִפְעִיל verb, לְהַצְבִּיעַ, is related to the word for finger, אֶצְבַּע , the root of both being…