how to say you have “command of a language” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משמרת-לילה-1.m4a” /]מִשְׁמֶרֶת לַיְלָה The Hebrew word for work shift is משמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משמרת-לילה-2.m4a” /], a Biblical Hebrew word of the root ש.מ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משמרת-לילה-3.m4a” /] meaning watch or guard. You may recognize it from this song. A night shift is משמרת לילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משמרת-לילה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משמרת-לילה-4.m4a” /]מי שעובד במשמרת לילה חי חיים אחרים. Those who work the night shift…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מודה-ב-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מוֹדֶה בְּ… A few weeks ago we saw that the Hebrew term for Thanksgiving is חג ההודיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מודה-ב-2.m4a” /]. The word הודיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מודה-ב-3.m4a” /] means thanks as in to give thanks, whereas the simple expression thanks! is !תודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מודה-ב-4.m4a” /]. הודיה is derived from the verb להודות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מודה-ב-5.m4a” /], whose root is ה.ד.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מודה-ב-6.m4a” /]. You…
שְׁאִיפוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The English word aspiration finds its roots in the Latin word spirare – to breathe. Likewise, the Hebrew word for to aspire is the same as that of to inhale – the active-simple verb לִשְׁאוֹף listen and repeat. And an aspiration is a שְׁאִיפָה listen and repeat. For example: …
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 Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [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!
זמרים Perhaps you’re heard the word מִזְמוֹר (meez-MOHR) – this refers to a poem that appears in the book of Psalms. The Modern Hebrew word for singer takes the three-letter root of מזמור, creating זָמָּר (zah-MAHR – a male) and זַמֶּרֶת (zah-MEH-ret – a female). הזמר, שלמה ארצי (the singer, Shlomo Artzi) …
מַתָּנָה, שַׁי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Just like the English word gift comes from the verb give, colloquial Hebrew’s word for it is מַתָּנָה listen and repeat, coming from the verb לָתֵת listen and repeat – to give. For example: לֹא רַק יְלָדִים אוֹהֲבִים לְקַבֵּל מַתָּנוֹת. Not only children like receiving…