Ktzat Ivrit Expansion Project
Founder and CEO, Ulpan La-Inyan
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /]הַנִּילוּס While in the Bible this great Egyptian and African river is called יאור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] (probably from Ancient Egyptian), today’s Children of Israel use the Greek name, Νεῖλος – נילוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] – in English, Nile. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /]הנילוס והאמזונס הם הנהרות הארוכים ביותר בעולם. The Nile and the Amazon…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-בנהיגה-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי בִּנְהִיגָה In Biblical Hebrew, לנהוג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-בנהיגה-2.m4a” /] means to conduct. Modern Hebrew extends לנהוג to include conducting a vehicle or driving. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-בנהיגה-3.m4a” /]היא כבר נוהגת? Does she drive yet? The act of driving is נהיגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-בנהיגה-4.m4a” /]. To say, I’m driving, you say, אני בנהיגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-בנהיגה-1.m4a” /] – literally, I’m in (the act of) driving. For…
מִתְחַשֵּׁק לִי… Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for that basic feeling of desire or the urge to live and enjoy is חֵשֶׁק . אֵין לִי חֵשֶׁק לָצֵאת הַיּוֹם. I don’t have the oomph to go out today. To say I feel like… or I don’t feel like…, you’d use a reflexive-intensive…
having trouble seeing the print? שֶׁקֶט נַפְשִׁי How’s your Hebrew? Class starts October 30 around the country. This posting is for my friend Jon in the Antelope Valley… and for Gilad. I was filled with joy to hear of the impending deal that should free Gilad Shalit within a few days. Then my…
having trouble seeing the print? נְטוּל קָפֶאִין register for fall classes with Ulpan La-Inyan The basic Hebrew word for to take is לָקַחַת (lah-KAH-khaht), an active-simple פָּעַל verb. Another more elegant word for to take is לִנְטוֹל (leen-TOHL) or לִטּוֹל (lee-TOHL) of the root נ.ט.ל (n.t.l), also a פָּעַל verb. But as happens with more elegant words, this…