how to say “to unload” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /]שְׁרִירוּתִי The English word arbitrary could mean random or high-handed/authoritative (think about the legal process of arbitration). For the former, Israelis tend to use רנדומלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /] – random. But for the latter, the word is שרירותי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/שרירותי-#.m4a” /]הוא מקבל באופן קבוע החלטות שרירותיות. He makes arbitrary decisions on a regular basis….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ערב-חג-1.m4a” /]עֶרֶב חַג In English, we have the expression on the eve of… meaning the day before an event, or the time leading up to it. Hebrew has the same, so that the day before a holiday – a holiday eve – is ערב חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ערב-חג-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ערב-חג-2.m4a” /]אין לנו זמן לשבת בבית…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בין-1.m4a” /]בֵּין Prepositions don’t translate well between languages. For example, ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בין-2.m4a” /] typically means in in English, but it can also mean with: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בין-3.m4a” /]היא כותבת בעיפרון. She writes with a pencil. One preposition that does translate fairly smoothly is בין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בין-1.m4a” /] – between. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בין-4.m4a” /]העץ עומד בין שני הבניינים. The tree…