how to say “to say something (make a comment)” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-1.m4a” /]בָּרָד Mind you, this is not hail as in All hail the king! This is hail in the frozen rain sense: ברד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-1.m4a” /]. For example: This is not rain, this is hail. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-2.m4a” /]זה לא גשם, זה ברד. ברד can also refer to a frozen beverage like those sold at 7-Eleven. The word is related…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דקירה-1.m4a” /]דְּקִירָה One of the oldest acts of violence, stabbing in Hebrew is דקירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דקירה-1.m4a” /]. To stab, a verb of the simple variety, is לדקור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דקירה-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דקירה-3.m4a” /]לאחרונה ראינו בירושלים כמה פיגועי דקירה. Recently, we’ve seen in Jerusalem several stabbing attacks.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/המצאה-1.m4a” /]הַמְצָאָה When I was growing up, some kids wanted to be firemen, others wanted to be sports stars. Most of the time, I wanted to be a movie director. But after watching episodes of Mr. Wizard, sometimes I also wanted to be an inventor. An invention, in Hebrew, is a ממציא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/המצאה-2.m4a” /] if…