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how to say “optimization” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /]מִיטּוּב, אִפְּטוּם It’s been customary in the Israeli high-tech field to communicate with colleagues in English, even if they’re all Israelis. I hear that this is changing, but even if it does change, terms like אפטום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /] – a Hebraized version of optimization – will probably stick. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /]המוצר…
how to say “foreign language” in Hebrew
שָׂפָה זָרָה זָר (zahr) is the Hebrew core word for strange. The word you may know that means odd or weird – מוּזָר (moo-ZAHR) – comes from the same root. A foreign language – a strange language – is a שָׂפָה זָרָה. At Ulpan La-Inyan we work to make Hebrew less and less of a…
how to say “to slip” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/להחליק-#.m4a” /]לְהַחֲלִיק When it snows occasionally in Jerusalem, there’s the danger of slipping – החלקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/להחליק-#.m4a” /] (you may be familiar with ice skating – החלקה על קרח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/להחליק-#.m4a” /] – literally slipping on ice). But even when the weather is hot, people can slip – להחליק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/להחליק-#.m4a” /] – on the smooth Jerusalem stone….
How do you say “world cup” in Hebrew?
גביע העולם The international term for this event that is capturing the world’s attention is Mundial. The Hebrew word for world is עוֹלָם (oh-LAHM), and the word for cup, or more specifically, goblet, is גָּבִיע (gah-VEE-ah). This is also the term for kiddush cup or becher in Yiddish. So the Hebrew term for the World…
what’s free?
חינם, חירות, חופש If you’ve been to Jerusalem in the past couple of years, you may have eaten at a low-budget pizza parlor called פִּיצָה כִּמְעַט חִינָם (pizza keem-AHT hee-NAHM) – almost-free pizza. Their prices are actually much lower than those of their competitors. But they’re still not free. Not kosher…
Weekly YDDH Review
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…