how to say “to have your cake and eat it too”
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]מִתְלַמֵּד To learn or to study, in Hebrew, is the simple פעל verb ללמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]. To teach is the intensive פיעל verb ללמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]. Then there’s להתלמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /], a reflexive התפעל verb. It means literally to teach oneself, though its more common forms are מתלמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /] – trainee (for a male)…
having trouble seeing the print? הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ חָנָן פּוֹרַת (khah-NAHN poh-RAHT) – Hanan Porat – one of the heroes and leaders of the religious Zionist movement, passed away the other day after a long battle with cancer. The colloquial expression for passed away, in Hebrew, is נִפְטָר (neef-TAHR) for a male and נִפְטְרָה (neef-teh-RAH)…
having trouble seeing the print? נִצְחִי Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh There are a few ways of saying forever in Hebrew. One is לְעוֹלָם (leh-oh-LAHM), employing the original Biblical meaning of the word עולם (oh-LAHM) – eternity. In Modern Hebrew (as well as in late Biblical Hebrew), עולם means world….
having trouble seeing the print? הָאֶחָד וְהַיָּחִיד The English expression the one and only translates to Hebrew literally – הָאֶחָד וְהַיָּחִיד when referring to a male, and הָאַחַת וְהַיְּחִידָה when referring to a female. For example: אֲנִי שָׂמֵחַ לְהַצִּיג אֶת הָאַחַת וְהַיְּחִידָה, רִיטָה. I’m happy to present (to you), the one…
לְדַרְבֵּן One of the students in my Level 5 class invited us to her home in Gush Etzion, where her husband (a tour guide) gave us a history of the region spoken all in Hebrew. She, the student, also served us really tasty home-baked banana-chocolate-chip cake. After our introduction to the region, we all went…