סופר, משורר, מחבר, כתב Writers are people who help people do mental workouts. Such workouts are great for people aging – they keep the mind fresh and contribute to a more positive outloook on life. In short, intellectual stimulation promotes wellbeing. Check out this article from Forbes.com. Like English, Hebrew has different words for…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9A-#.m4a” /]לָצֵאת לַדֶּרֶךְ You’ve started the car, you’ve programmed your favorite navigation app, and it’s time to get going. Here’s how to say to get going in Hebrew: לצאת לדרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9A-#.m4a” /] – literally, to go out on the way. For example, here’s one of the Hebrew voices on Waze (look up אביב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9A-#.m4a” /] –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-1.m4a” /]צָרוֹת שֶׁל עֲשִׁירִים Some people’s problems – צרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-2.m4a” /] – revolve around not having enough money. Other people have problems because they don’t know what to do with all their money. In Hebrew, these are צרות של עשירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-3.m4a” /] – rich-people problems. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-4.m4a” /]לאן לטוס לחופשה – צרות של…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /]נוֹרְמָלִיּוּת The Hebrew word for normal is נורמלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /], adding the י-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /] ending to the borrowed word נורמל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /], thus making it an adjective. To create the word normalcy, we add the יות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /] ending (just as English adds -ness to the end of a word),…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מברשת-שיער-#.m4a” /]מִבְרֶשֶׁת שֵׂעָר The Hebrew word for brush is מברשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מברשת-שיער-#.m4a” /]. Look at it closely. Its root is ב.ר.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מברשת-שיער-#.m4a” /], the same consonants as the English brush. Does this word really have an English origin? Yes and no. Someone – possibly Eliezer Ben Yehuda – coined the term מברשת in the late…