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how to say “attentive” in Hebrew
קָשּׁוּב We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! As I’ve continued reading the chapter on attachment in Daniel J. Siegel’s book, The Developing Mind, I’ve seen that infants learn their place the world by how much sensitivity their parents/caregivers show them. When…
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how to say “bad” in Hebrew
רַע, גָּרוּעַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רע-1.mp3″ /] I tend to veer away from presenting negative doses of Hebrew so as not to ruin your day, but this one’s far too שִׁמּוּשִׁי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רע-2.mp3″ /] – useful – to hold back from. The basic Hebrew word for bad is רַע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רע-3.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רע-4.mp3″ /]הוּא יֶלֶד רַע. He’s…
how to say “trick up his sleeve” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כדור-בקנה-#.m4a” /]כַּדּוּר בַּקָּנֶה English invokes magic to talk about someone having a backup plan – a trick up his sleeve. Hebrew uses a military metaphor – כדור בקנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כדור-בקנה-#.m4a” /] – literally, a bullet in the barrel. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כדור-בקנה-#.m4a” /]חשבנו שהוא סיים את הקריירה הפוליטית, אבל מסתבר שהיו לו עוד כמה כדורים בקנה. We…
how to say “tendon” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /]גִּיד The Hebrew word for tendon – that thing, like a ligament, that we’d rather not tear – is גיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /]יש לי קרע בגיד. I have a tear in my (the) tendon. A ligament is a רצועה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /], which is also a strap or a strip: the Gaza…
how to say “dance” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-1.m4a” /]מָחוֹל, רִקּוּד Yesterday, we saw the term for folk dancing or what has come to mean Israeli dancing to foreigners – ריקודי עם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-2.m4a” /]. Now, ריקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-3.m4a” /] means dance in the sense of the physical act of dancing. Dance as an art form, however, has another word: מחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחול-5.m4a” /]היא…