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how to say “vacation” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? חֻפְשָׁה In honor of Passover, I’m taking a vacation – a חֻפְשָׁה. This will be the last dose of Hebrew before next Sunday. חופשה is related to the word for liberty – חֹפֶשׁ (KHOH-fesh), which is often used colloquially to mean vacation or holiday. (in the leisure sense) חַג…
how do you say “to wear” in Hebrew?
ללבוש, לחבוש, לנעול, לגרוב, וכו Actually, it’s not so simple – Hebrew has specific verbs for wearing many different types of clothing. The most common word is לִלְבּוֹש (leel-BOHSH). For example, אֲנִי אוֹהֵב לִלְבּוֹש חוּלְצוֹת יָפוֹת (ah-NEE oh-HEV leel-BOHSH hool-TSOHT yah-FOHT) – I like to wear nice shirts. But there are other terms:…
how to say “fragile” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]שָׁבִיר The Hebrew word for to break is the simple verb לשבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]אני לא שברתי את הקערה! I didn’t break the bowl! Something breakable – or fragile – is שביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /], a word of the same root as לשבור. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/שביר-#.m4a” /]ספלים מחרסינה הם שבירים ביותר. Porcelain…
how to say “to file something” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לְתַיֵּק Watch a demo video of one of our Hebrew courses. Class starts October 30 around the country. Register by October 11 to save NIS 200. A basic Hebrew word is that for a handbag or knapsack: תִּיק (teek). Going from the concrete to the abstract, a handbag becomes a case –…
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how to say “*a* falafel” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנה-1.m4a” /]מָנָה פָלָאפֶל Hebrew has no word for a. That’s why you might come across a native Hebrew speaker saying something like “do you have car?” And that’s if they know the word do, which also doesn’t exist in Hebrew. If you’re ordering a falafel in English, you’d probably say “I’d like a falafel.” But to do so…

