how to say “zoo” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 11, 2020August 7, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /]גַּן חַיּוֹת

A great place to take the kids during summer vacation – if it’s not too hot – is to a גן חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /] – zoo, or literally, garden of animals.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /]חבל שאין מזגנים בגן החיות!

It’s too bad there aren’t air-conditioning (units) at the zoo!

חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /] – animals – comes from the root ח.י.י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /] meaning life.

A single animal is a חיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /].

daily video – how to say “baked” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger September 14, 2020January 30, 2021

To slow down the audio, start playing the video and then click the settings icon at the bottom-right of the video and change the playback speed. תמליל של הכתוביות בעברית אהלן חברים יקרים המילה "אפוי" כמו "דג אפוי" או "עוגה אפויה" נובעת מהשורש א.פ.ה והמילה "לאפות" - "לאפות" דומה למילה "לקנות", "לשגות", וכמו כן יש...

how to say “a request” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 30, 2010November 5, 2018

בקשה If you know some Hebrew, you surely know the word for please: בְּבַקַשָּׁה (be-vah-kah-SHAH). This word means, literally, in request. The word for a request, likewise, is בַּקַשָּׁה (bah-kah-SHAH). I’m taking בַּקַשּׁוֹת (bah-kah-SHOHT) for daily doses of Hebrew, people. Just hit the “comments” section below and send me some. And if…

one way of saying “spectacular” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 10, 2013October 29, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? מַרְהִיב Ulpan La-Inyan in Jerusalem Last night I watched Academy Award Best-Picture nominee, Life of Pi. I was more impressed with the existential, religious and deeply-human aspects of the film; nevertheless, the special effects were spectacular. One Hebrew word for spectacular is מַרְהִיב. This active-causative הִפְעִיל verb derives from the root ר.ה.ב (r.h.b)….

how to say “location” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 15, 2019July 11, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מיקום-#.m4a” /]מִקּוּם You may have done a double-take on the word above – it’s the same letters as מקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מיקום-#.m4a” /] – place, but the vowels are different. Here it is spelled out without vowels: מיקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מיקום-#.m4a” /]. Now you can see clearly that it’s a different word. מיקום means location. It’s related to the word…

weekly VIDEO dose – how to wish someone a long life in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger September 18, 2013December 24, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? עַד מֵאָה וְ/כְּעֶשְׂרִים Here’s the video. by Ami Steinberger, Founder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan Enjoying Your Daily Dose of Hebrew? Consider making a donation!

how to say “beard” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 2, 2019May 16, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /]זָקָן The Hebrew word for beard is זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /]יפה לך זקן! You look good with a beard! The letters in this word look identical to those of the word for elderly man – זקֵן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /], but the two are not related. What today is a single letter ז[audioclip…

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