[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/תחבורה-ציבורית-#.m4a” /]תַּחְבּוּרָה צִבּוּרִית Here’s a completely modern expression with ancient roots. The root ח.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/תחבורה-ציבורית-#.m4a” /], appearing already in the stories of Abraham, means connection. Modern Hebrew took the root, plugged it into a common structure and came up with תחבורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/תחבורה-ציבורית-#.m4a” /] – transportation, or a system of connecting point A and point B. ציבורי[audioclip…
אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא מְשַׁדְּרִים עַל אֹתוֹ גַּל Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, we talk about people thinking differently by invoking metaphors such as not quite seeing eye to eye, or not being on the same page. Hebrew invokes the metaphor of broadcasting: .אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא מְשַׁדְּרִים עַל אֹתֹו גַּל We don’t broadcast on…
אוֹבֶךְ Throughout the country this morning, there was a haze. the Tel Aviv boardwalk on a hazy day Now it’s raining. The Hebrew word for haze is אוֹבֶך (OH-vekh). Your chance to get talking in Hebrew starts on the 27th. Our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses begin next Sunday, February 27 in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana. Register now!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-1.m4a” /]חֲדַר הַלְבָּשָׁה To wear is ללבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-2.m4a” /]. To get dressed is להתלבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-3.m4a” /]. To dress someone else is להלביש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-4.m4a” /]. A dressing room is חדר הלבשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-1.m4a” /]. For example, you might see this on the list of rules at the community pool: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חדר-הלבשה-5.m4a” /]יש להתנגב במגבת לפני היציאה לחדר ההלבשה. Dry off…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/משלח-יד-#.m4a” /]מִקְצוֹעַ, מִשְׁלַח יָד Hebrew has two terms for profession. The one that most people use in day-to-day conversation is מקצוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/משלח-יד-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/משלח-יד-#.m4a” /]הוא צריך ללכת ללמוד מקצוע. He needs to go and learn a profession. מקצוע also refers to a school subject that is not necessarily vocational, such as language….