how to say “tour guide” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר (פְרָיֶר) listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! A more accurate translation of the phrase אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר listen and repeat is I’m no sucker, but the word sucker has fallen out of favor, having become somewhat foreign to English speakers in its meaning of someone naive, who easily…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-1.m4a” /]אֶשְׂמַח אִם… You may know the basic Hebrew word for please (also thank you) – בבקשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-3.m4a” /]אפשר חשבון, בבקשה? Can I get the check, please? A more formal way of saying please is נא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-5.m4a” /]נא לכבות את המזגן לאחר השימוש בחדר. Please turn off the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/סיטונאות-#.m4a” /]סִיטוֹנִי, בְּסִיטוֹנָאוּת The Hebrew words for wholesale in the commercial sense first appear in the Mishnah, but derive from the Greek σιτωνης – sitones. In adjective form, the word is סיטוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/סיטונאות-#.m4a” /]. For example: השוק הסיטוני בישראל משגשג.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/סיטונאות-#.m4a” /] The wholesale market in Israel is booming. But the more common expression is the adverb בסיטואנות[audioclip…
having trouble seeing the print? לְנַגֵּב This Spring Get Talking in Hebrew Yesterday, we saw that the Hebrew word for dessert – קִנּוּחַ– comes from the active-intensive פִּעֵל verb, לְקַנֵּחַ– one of the words for to wipe. A more common word for to wipe is לְנַגֵּב, also a פִּעֵל verb. Unlike לקנח, however, לנגב implies wiping to…
having trouble seeing the print? קֵן listen and repeat Hebrew Class Starts Next Week In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now! This word is often mispronounced by native English-speaking students of the Hebrew Bible. When the word for nest stands alone, it’s קֵן listen and repeat– with an eh vowel. When it’s connected to…