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Weekly Hebrew Review – awake by the worthwhile kettle and the drawing, my love

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.  Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

how to say “from top to bottom” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מקצה-לקצה-#.m4a” /]מִקָּצֶה לְקָצֶה I learned this English expression from watching Gillian Anderson’s Margaret Thatcher in Netflix’s The Crown, who made it her business to reform Britain “from top to bottom.” Hebrew’s equivalent is מקצה לקצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מקצה-לקצה-#.m4a” /] – from edge to edge.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מקצה-לקצה-#.m4a” /]שינויים כאלה, מקצה לקצה, לוקחים זמן. Changes like these,…

how to say “the rest” in Hebrew

how to say “the rest” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]הַשְּׁאָר, הַיֶּתֶר The root ש.א.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] brings us the הפעיל verb to leave behind – להשאיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /], as well as השאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest. שאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] with the -ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] prefix appears only in construct (סמיכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]) phrases such as שאר האנשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest…

how to say “high school” in Hebrew

how to say “high school” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]בֵּית סֵפֶר תִּיכוֹן The Hebrew expression for high school or upper school is בית ספר תיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /], or simply התיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]יש לך כבר ילד בתיכון?! You (a woman) already have a kid in high school?! If high school is the top of state-mandated education, why does Hebrew use…

how to say “cowboy” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-1.m4a” /]קָאוּבּוֹי, בּוֹקֵר, רֹעֵה בָּקָר Years after the cowboy on TV dazzled the American imagination, he arrived in Israel and was termed, in Hebrew, קאובוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-2.m4a” /]. But the real-live off-screen cowboy – the herder of free-range cattle – has a proper Hebrew term of his own – בוקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-4.m4a” /]בואו לחוות הבוקרים בגליל!…