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how to say “exciting” or “stirring emotion” in Hebrew
To get excited in Hebrew is לְהִתְרַגֵּש (le-heet-rah-GESH). It comes from the root ר.ג.ש (r.g.sh), which means, in Modern Hebrew, emotion. The word להתרגש falls into the התפעל (heet-pah-EHL) verb pattern. To say that something is exciting or stirring of emotion, you’d use the word מְרַגֵּש (me-rah-GESH). For example, a couple of the songs I played on…
daily video – how to say “noise” in Hebrew
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “to wander” in Hebrew
If you know some basic Hebrew (surely if you’ve taken Level 1 of our program), you know how to say he is walking – הוּא הוֹלֵך (hoo hoh-LEKH). To say he is wandering, you’d use הוּא מִתְהַלֵּך (hoo meet-hah-LEKH). This is a reflexive התפעל (heet-pah-EL) usage of the root ה.ל.כ. In Modern Hebrew, the…
how to say “coffee cup” in Hebrew…
I tend to write a lot about verbs and adjectives, but once in a while a noun intrigues me. I just had a nice cup of tea. Hebrew’s equivalent of the English mug (not to mug, but a mug) is סֵפֶל (SEH-fel). This is what Ulpan La-Inyan students get when they come…
how to say “naive” in Hebrew
תָּמִים, נָאִיבִי Can’t read Hebrew yet? The proper Hebrew word for naive is תָּמִים , as appears in Danny Sanderson’s זֶה הַכֹּל בִּשְׁבִילֵךְ – This Is All for You: אוֹ, דּוֹן קִישׁוֹט, אַל תִּהְיֶה כָּל כָּךְ תָּמִים. Oh, Don Quixote, don’t be so naive. But since this word has…
how to say “recess” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/פגרה-#.m4a” /]פַּגְרָה Some of you sent me messages asking why you haven’t been receiving Your Daily Dose of Hebrew for the past few days. I had neglected to announce that for the holiday period between the Jewish holidays of סוכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/פגרה-#.m4a” /] and שמחת תורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/פגרה-#.m4a” /] I would be on recess – פגרה[audioclip…