.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-מפה-1.m4a” /]לֵךְ מִפֹּה Make sure to read this post carefully and listen to the audio, because using לך מפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-מפה-1.m4a” /] in the wrong context can get you in trouble. When giving someone directions, you might want to tell them to go via one route instead of another. To say that, point and use…
To get excited in Hebrew is לְהִתְרַגֵּש (le-heet-rah-GESH). It comes from the root ר.ג.ש (r.g.sh), which means, in Modern Hebrew, emotion. The word להתרגש falls into the התפעל (heet-pah-EHL) verb pattern. To say that something is exciting or stirring of emotion, you’d use the word מְרַגֵּש (me-rah-GESH). For example, a couple of the songs I played on…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /]סִדּוּרִים Looking at the word above, you might think I’m talking about prayer books. These are סידורים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /] as well. But since סידור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /] in its essence means putting things in order, it applies to both a prayer book with all the prayers set in the right order, as well as something that needs to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]אַסְטְרָטֶגִי Here’s a word you’ll probably find easy to recall, since it’s virtually the same word in English: a strategy is אסטרטגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /], while strategic is אסטרטגי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-#.m4a” /]הבסיס ממוקם במקום אסטרטגי ברמת הגולן. The base is located at a strategic place on the Golan Heights. Both strategy and אסטרטגיה…