how to say “tour guide” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /]פָּשׁוּט פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /] is one of those ubiquitous Hebrew words – you’ll hear it in virtually every conversation. Its main meaning is simple, but it also functions as simply. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /]הוא פשוט מתאים לתפקיד הזה! He’s simply right for this job! and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /]הסדרה הזאת פשוט כיפית. This series is simply…
having trouble seeing the print? לְלֹא הֶרֶף Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program Last week we saw the Hebrew expressions for consistently. “יְשוּעַת הַשֵּׁם כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן” “Divine salvation is as the blink of an eye.” Another useful expression is that for incessantly or continuously: לְלֹא הֶרֶף. The word הֶרֶף in this expression appears in Biblical Hebrew, where…
If you know some Hebrew, you surely know the word for wise or smart – חָכָם/חֲכָמָה. But sophisticated is more than smart. It takes smart to a whole different level. Thus Hebrew takes the root ח.כ.מ (kh.k.m) and adds a ת (t) to the beginning, taking the meaning of words derived to a whole new level. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]לְהַכְחִישׁ, לְהִתְכַּחֵשׁ Hebrew has two ways of saying to deny. להכחיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /] means to deny a fact, to contradict it – directly, actively. It’s a הפעיל verb of the root כ.ח.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]הוא הכחיש את כל העובדות שהצביעו על כך שהוא אשם. He denied all the facts that pointed…
having trouble seeing the print? סִרְטוֹן Perhaps you know the Modern Hebrew word for movie or film – סֶרֶט (SEH-ret). The word made its first appearances in the Hebrew language a few thousand years ago, in the bodies of Jewish literature known as the Mishnah (מִשְׁנָה – meesh-NAH) and the Midrash (מִדְרָש – meed-RAHSH). In those…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ההווה-1.m4a” /]הַהוֶֹה So we’ve seen future – עתיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ההווה-2.m4a” /], and past – עבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ההווה-3.m4a” /]. What about present? That’s הווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ההווה-4.m4a” /]. Here’s an example that combines all three: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ההווה-5.m4a” /]העבר הוא כבר עבר והעתיד הוא עוד רחוק – עכשיו זה הזמן להפוך את ההווה ליותר מתוק. The past has already passed and the future…