how to say you have “command of a language” in Hebrew
בְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-1.mp3″ /] Translated literally, at the end of the day is בסוף היום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-2.mp3″ /] in Hebrew. But that phrase is generally used in the figurative sense, not the literal. In the expression, “the day” really means “the matter at hand.” Hebrew’s equivalent expression is בסופו של דבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-1.mp3″ /] – literally, at the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ילודה-#.m4a” /]יְלוּדָה The Hebrew word for child is ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ילודה-#.m4a” /], so it should come as no surprise that the word for birthrate is ילודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ילודה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ילודה-#.m4a” /]בניגוד למדינות אחרות במערב, הילודה בישראל ממשיכה לגדול. In contrast to other countries in the West, the birthrate in Israel continues to grow. You…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]לְגַלּוֹת לגלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /] means to reveal: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]אל תגלה לה את הסוד. Don’t tell her (reveal to her) the secret. (spoken to a male) It also means to discover: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]קולומבוס גילה את אמריקה? Columbus discovered America? לגלות comes from the root ג.ל.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /] and is a פיעל verb. Likewise, a revelation or discovery…
Today’s title with content should have been what’s below. Now you know what tomorrow’s dose will be. מָאתַיִם, אַלְפַּיִם Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday we saw the Hebrew terms for three hundred and three thousand – שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת and שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים , respectively. Higher multiples of those numbers follow a pattern: אַרְבַּע מְאוֹת,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /]מִסָּבִיב לַשּׁוּלְחָן שולחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /] is one of those words people tend to learn early in their Hebrew journey, as it’s an everyday object that westerners encounter every time they sit down. Around the table is מסביב לשולחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /] – literally, from around to the table. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /]בליל הסדר כולנו…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-1.m4a” /]אֲרִיזָה With חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-2.m4a” /] (Hanukkah) is full swing and the Christian holidays coming soon, gifts are on people’s minds. You may know the Hebrew word for gift – מתנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-3.m4a” /]. But do you know the word for packaging – אריזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-1.m4a” /]? The word in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-4.m4a” /]כשקונים מוצר, משלמים גם על…