how to say you have “command of a language” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /]שֶׁמֶן זַיִת The Hebrew word for oil is שמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /], as in שמן מנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /] – motor oil and שמן זית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /] – olive oil. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /]הוא מבשל רק עם שמן זית, ולא עם שום שמן אחר. He cooks only with olive oil, not with any other oil. More than…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שואב-אבק-1.m4a” /]שׁוֹאֵב אָבָק The Hebrew word for dust is אבק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שואב-אבק-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שואב-אבק-3.m4a” /]רוח מדברית מביאה איתה הרבה אבק. A desert wind brings with it lots of dust. And a vacuum cleaner? Though it’s often called a הובר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שואב-אבק-4.m4a” /] after the successful brand (Hoover), many Israelis call it שואב אבק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שואב-אבק-1.m4a”…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מסע-1.m4a” /]מַסָּע If you’ve traveled anywhere in the world, you have probably met an Israeli traveling too. Israelis love to travel. The Hebrew word for to travel when on vacation is לטייל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מסע-2.m4a” /]. But the generic word for to travel is לנסוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מסע-3.m4a” /]. And while in modern times לנסוע refers to travel by vehicle, in Biblical times it meant simply to…
[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…