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how to say “to quit” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְפַּטֵּר The root פ.ט.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /] has to do with separation and setting free. Thus the reflexive התפעל verb להתפטר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /] means to quit a job or to resign. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /]היא התפטרה והלכה לעבוד בחברה אחרת. She quit and went to work at another company. That’s quitting when it comes to…
how to say “3-D” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? תְּלַת-מֵמַד Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! Modern Hebrew borrows words from Aramaic for many official and legal terms. Using the word three as an adjective is one such case, as in the phrase meaning three-dimensional space: תְּלַת-מֵמַד (tlaht meh-MAHD). תלת is the Aramaic word for Hebrew’s three – שָׁלֹש (shah-LOHSH). Note that…
how to say “really good (at something)” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/אלוף-בשחמט-#.m4a” /]אַלּוּף The Hebrew word for a military general is אלוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/אלוף-בשחמט-#.m4a” /]. For example: אורנה ברביבאי היא האלופה הראשונה בצה”ל.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/אלוף-בשחמט-#.m4a” /] Orna Barbivai is the first (female) general in the IDF. אלוף also means champion, extended in slang to refer to someone who is really good at something. For example: הוא אלוף בשחמט.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/אלוף-בשחמט-#.m4a” /] He’s…
how to say “bad luck” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ביש-מזל-#.m4a” /]בִּישׁ מַזָּל You may have been congratulating people with Mazel Tov – מזל טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ביש-מזל-#.m4a” /] – your whole life and not realized that it means literally, good luck. Well, bad luck is either מזל רע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ביש-מזל-#.m4a” /], or the more common and true-to-the-sources (the Talmudic ones) expression, ביש מזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ביש-מזל-#.m4a” /]. For example:…
how do you say “Palestinian Authority” in Hebrew?
רשות The word for Authority, as in the Palestinian Authority, is רָשׁוּת (rah-SHOOT). The Palestinian Authority is הָרָשׁוּת הַפַלֶסְטִינִית (hah-fah-less-TEE-neet). I use an f instead of a p because Arabic speakers don’t have the p sound – so that when they pronounce this Latin word, Palestine, you’ll often hear either Falestine or Balestine. The plural is…
how to say “truck” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /]מַשָּׂאִית We saw yesterday that a carrier of a virus is a נשא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /] if he’s male and נשאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. The root of these is נ.ש.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /]. Another good word to know of the same root is משאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /] – truck. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/משאית-#.m4a” /]צריך רישיון מיוחד…