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how to say “buzzer” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]זַמְזַם The English word for buzzer is called that because of the sound it makes – bzzzzz. Same with Hebrew – זמזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]לחצתי על הזמזם חצי שעה, אבל הם לא פתחו את הדלת! I pressed the buzzer for half an hour, but they didn’t open the door! This…
how to say “private jet” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /]מָטוֹס פְּרָטִי Once upon a time, airplanes in English were called aeroplanes, Aeroplane has fallen out of use, at least in the US. Likewise, Israelis used to call a plane אווירון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /], deriving from the word אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /] – air. But today the common word is מטוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /], which derives from the word לטוס[audioclip…
how to say “reset” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /]אִיפּוּס The Hebrew word for to reset is the פיעל verb לאפס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /] – literally, to bring back to zero (the word for zero is אפס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /]). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/איפוס-#.m4a” /]שכחתי את הסיסמה – אני צריך לאפס אותה. I forgot my (the) password – I (a male) need to reset it. Reset…
how to say “crucial” or “fateful” in Hebrew
גּוֹרָלִי Hear this word pronounced Check out Ulpan La-Inyan demo classes – tonight in Raanana, tomorrow in Jerusalem! In the Book of Esther, the Jewish-Persian queen is faced with a fateful decision: either risk her life by attempting to persuade the king to spare the Jewish people, or sit “pretty” in the palace while her people…
how to say “Constitution” in Hebrew
חֻקָּה listen to this word pronounced In honor the 4th of July (come celebrate it this Monday with AACI in Jerusalem!)… and this week’s Torah portion It took eleven years for the United States to ratify a constitution that would represent “the people.” Israel, after 63 years, has yet to ratify…
how to say “day of rest” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /]יוֹם מְנוּחָה שבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /] is the Hebrew name of the seventh day of the week. English’s Sabbath is just a transliteration of the Hebrew, which means refraining from working. A day of rest is יום מנוחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יום-מנוחה-#.m4a” /]בישראל, כל עובד זכאי ליום מנוחה שבועי. In Israel, every employee is entitled…