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how to say “résumé” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? קוֹרוֹת חַיִּים brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world A résumé or a curriculum vitae (CV) is a document that details a person’s professional and life accomplishments, usually for a prospective employer. One might describe a résumé as a list of the deliberate happenings or events of life, which…
how to say “cinnamon” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קינמון-#.m4a” /]קִינָּמוֹן The Hebrew word for cinnamon is קינמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קינמון-#.m4a” /]. Now, you might be thinking that this is another word borrowed from English. And while I wish I could say that the opposite is true, since קימנון appears in the Torah itself, which predates the English language by millenia, it’s far more likely…
how to say “red tape” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? נַיֶּרֶת Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program The expression “red tape” refers to the frustrating element in bureaucracy, where people have to wait lots of time for their business to move forward, often due to lots and lots of paperwork. The Hebrew word for “red tape” or simply “paperwork”, נַיֶּרֶת, comes from the…
how to say “back door” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /]דֶּלֶת אֲחוֹרִית The Hebrew word for door is דלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /]חבר’ה, אל תשכחו לסגור את הדלת אחריכם. Guys, don’t forget to close the door after yourselves. Here, אחריכם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /] means after you, combing אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /] (after) with the כם-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /] ending for more than one you. What about the back…
how to say “spokesperson” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-1.m4a” /]דּוֹבֵר So far this week we’ve seen various meanings of the root ד.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-2.m4a” /]. The better known of these meanings is speech, as in the words לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-3.m4a” /] – to speak, דיבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-4.m4a” /] – speaking or speech, etc. A speaker or a spokesperson is a דובר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-1.m4a” /] if he’s a male and a…
how to say “the game rules” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-1.m4a” /]כְּלָלֵי הַמִּשְׂחָק The Hebrew word for game is משחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-2.m4a” /], of the root שׂ.ח.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-3.m4a” /], which means play. This root is very similar in both sound and meaning to the root צ.ח.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-4.m4a” /] meaning laugh. As opposed to a law which is a חוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-5.m4a” /], a rule is a כלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-6.m4a” /], and rules are כללים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-7.m4a” /]. Thus you…