how to say “we’re not on the same page” in Hebrew
Hebrew invokes the metaphor of broadcasting:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/המשך-יום-טוב-#.m4a” /]הֶמְשֵׁךְ יוֹם טוֹב Suppose it’s 1pm, and Amira is in a plush office in Tel Aviv. She’s about to go out for lunch, but first she wants to finish off an email to a colleague. If she were writing in English, she might sign off with Best, Be well, or something like that. But she’s…
ערך The Hebrew word for value, as in “Ulpan La-Inyan courses are an excellent value”, is עֶרֶך (EH-rekh). To express that you respect a person – that you evaluate this person positively – you’d use the word לְהַעֲרִיך (le-hah-ah-REEKH). For example, you might say מְנַחֵם בֶּגִין הָיָה קָל לְהַעֲרִיך (meh-NAH-khem BEH-gheen hah-yah kahl le-hah-ah-REEKH) – Menachem Begin…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מְרַק עֲדָשִׁים The Hebrew word for soup is מרק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מרק בחורף בא לי בטוב. Soup in the winter does me good. A lentil is עדשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], while lentils are עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], so lentil soup is מרק עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מה זה הריח הזה, מרק עדשים? What’s…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]דַּף גְּמָרָא Talmud, the collection of Jewish legal wisdom and folklore, is a Hebrew word – תלמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], deriving from the root ל.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /] meaning study. But there’s another word for Talmud which comes from Aramaic – גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]. And a page or folio of גמרא is דף גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], as in:…