Audio Recording of Webinar Word Visualization
The basic Modern-Hebrew word for to return or to come back is the simple verb לחזור. For example: מתי חזרתם מהטיול? When did you guys come back from your (the) trip? But in Biblical Hebrew, the basic word was לשוב, also a simple verb. Today, לשוב serves as a more formal version of לחזור. For example: תיכף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת בַּמַּדְרֵגוֹת Stairs are מדרגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], from the root ד.ר.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], one of the roots meaning level. How would you say to go up the stairs? That’s לעלות במדרגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], literally to go up in the stairs. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /]אפשר לעלות או במדרגות הרגילות או במדרגות הנעות. You can go up either the regular…
having trouble seeing the print? כְּדַאי, כְּדָאִי, מִשְׁתַּלֵּם highly recommended for further vocabulary growth Hebrew has a few ways of saying worthwhile, depending on what you mean. To use worthwhile in a general sense, as one would say in English, it’s worth it, the word is כְּדַאי ( ). It’s not an adjective, but a modal verb, much like אֶפְשָׁר ( ) – it’s possible. For…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]מֵיתְרֵי הַקּוֹל The Hebrew word for sound as well as voice is קול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]. Its plural is קולות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]שמעתי קולות מוזרים אתמול בלילה. I heard strange sounds last night. A string that produces music is a מיתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]נקרע לי מיתר בגיטרה. A…