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how to say “starting to pick up speed” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  Acceleration is a physics concept that has been used to describe trends in business, social media etc. The Hebrew word is תְּאוּצָה (te-oo-TSAH), a noun form of לְהָאִיץ (le-hah-EETS), to accelerate – a הפעיל (heef-EEL) verb.   Say a product or an idea is catching on, starting to pick up speed. In Hebrew, we’d say, הָרַעֲיוֹן…

how to say “you’re killing me” in Hebrew

how to say “you’re killing me” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/הרגת-אותי-#.m4a” /]הָרַגְתָּ אוֹתִי! Suppose someone’s got you laughing for a few minutes straight. Then they crack another joke that pushes you over the edge, to the point where you’re laughing so hard you can barely breathe. You might say to them, you’re killing me!  Hebrew renders this expression in the past tense: הרגתָ אותי[audioclip…

daily video – how to say “my love” in Hebrew slang

ByAmi Steinberger
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 יש הרבה מילות חיבה בעברית כמו שיש בכל השפות כשמדברים אל אהוב או אהובה אפשר להגיד "אהובי", "אהובתי" או "חיים שלי" או...
Weekly YDDH Review

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

how to say “poet” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /]מְשׁוֹרֵר We’ve seen that שיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] means song, and שירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] means poetry. A poet is a משורר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] if he’s male and משוררת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /]למה התכוון המשורר עם השיר הזה? What did the poet intend with this poem? In the word משורר you…

how to say “go this way” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-מפה-1.m4a” /]לֵךְ מִפֹּה Make sure to read this post carefully and listen to the audio, because using לך מפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-מפה-1.m4a” /] in the wrong context can get you in trouble. When giving someone directions, you might want to tell them to go via one route instead of another. To say that, point and use…