how to say “the news” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-1.m4a” /]טוּרְקְיָה Turkey that gobble gobbles and is eaten on Thanksgiving is, in Hebrew, תרנגול הודו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-2.m4a” /] – literally, chicken of India (think American Indian). But the country Turkey is טורקיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-3.m4a” /]יש טיסות זולות לאיטליה דרך טורקיה. There are cheap tickets to Italy via Turkey. Another spelling of…
לפקוח In English, we use the word open for virtually anything we’re opening. In Hebrew, there’s a special word for opening eyes. Whereas לִפְתּוֹח (leef-TOH-akh) is to open in the general sense – such as פָּתַחְתִּי אֶת הַבַּקְבּוּק (pah-TAKH-tee et hah-bahk-BOOK) – I opened the bottle; לִפְקוֹח (leef-KOH-akh) means to open eyes, as in פָּקַחְתִּי…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/נוצר-#.m4a” /]נוֹצָר, נִבְרָא Hebrew has two words for to create – ליצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/נוצר-#.m4a” /] and לברוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/נוצר-#.m4a” /]. While לברוא is more about creating something from nothing – יש מאין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/נוצר-#.m4a” /], its synonym ליצור is more about bringing something into form. Something created? That’s נברא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/נוצר-#.m4a” /] or נוצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/נוצר-#.m4a” /], though נוצר also means…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]הֲפִיכָה While מהפכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a full-on revolution, הפיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a coup or a forced replacement of the government. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]לפני עשרים ואחת שנה היה ניסיון להפיכה ברוסיה הסובייטית. Twenty one years ago there was an attempt at a coup in Soviet Russia. Both מהפכה and הפיכה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-1.m4a” /]הֲכִי טוֹב, הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר, הַמֵּיטָב If you look closely at the three expressions above for the best, you’ll find the word טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-2.m4a” /] – good – in all of them, in some form. Each of these expressions is useful in different contexts: הכי טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-3.m4a” /] is an everyday expression, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-4.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-1.m4a” /]תִּצְטָרֵךְ… To say, I need in Hebrew, it’s either אני צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-2.m4a” /] if you’re a male or אני צריכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-3.m4a” /] if you’re a female. Technically, these words are not verbs – so they don’t move smoothly into the past and future tenses. In the past, it’s הייתי צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-4.m4a” /] or…