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how to say “can of coke” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/פחית-קולה-#.m4a” /]פַּחִית קוֹלָה פח אשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/פחית-קולה-#.m4a” /] or פח זבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/פחית-קולה-#.m4a” /] means garbage can, while פח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/פחית-קולה-#.m4a” /] itself means tin. A little tin can is פחית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/פחית-קולה-#.m4a” /], as in פחית קולה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/פחית-קולה-#.m4a” /] – a can of coke. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/פחית-קולה-#.m4a” /]אני קונה לכם שתי פחיות קולה זירו. I’m buying you guys…
daily video – how to say “design” in Hebrew
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
a slang usage of the Hebrew word for “neighborhood”
having trouble seeing the print? שְׁכוּנָה On the streets of Israel you’ll hear people using the word שְׁכוּנָה – literally, neighborhood (related words discussed here) – to refer to something disappointingly amateurish. How did this expression come to be? Einat Kedem explains that the source lies in contrasting two levels of soccer (football) games: professional and neighborhood (less than professional). For…
how to say “a dig” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /]חֲפִירָה The Hebrew word לחפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /], a simple פעל verb, means to dig. Its basic noun version is חפירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /] – a dig, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /]החפירות בעיר דוד נמשכות כבר שנים על גבי שנים. The digging (digs) in the City of David have gone on for years and years. People use לחפור…
daily video – how to say “priorities” in Hebrew
To slow down the audio, start playing the video and then click the settings icon at the bottom-right of the video and change the playback speed. תמליל של הכתוביות בעברית אהלן חברים יקרים בפוסט של היום כתבתי בסוף על "סולם עדיפויות", ושם פירוש המילה "סולם" הוא scale לא משקל, לא scale שעולים עליו כדי למדוד...
how to say “to hang out to dry” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-1.m4a” /]לְיַבֵּשׁ If the Hebrew word for dry is יבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-2.m4a” /], the verb to dry is the active-intensive ליבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-1.m4a” /], sometimes spelled לייבש. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-3.m4a” /]לוקח הרבה זמן בחורף לייבש את הכביסה על המרפסת. It takes a long time in the winter to dry the laundry on the balcony. לייבש is also a slang term for making…