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how to say “middle school” in Hebrew
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How to say “island” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/אי-1.m4a” /]אִי Oftentimes words in English use many more letters to spell than their Hebrew counterparts. One example is the word for island – אי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/אי-1.m4a” /]. Here’s the word in context, in the plural: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/אי-2.m4a” /]מדינת הוואי היא בעצם קבוצת איים באוקיינוס השקט. The State of Hawaii is actually a group of…
how to say “firefighter” in Hebrew
כבאי/ת Following yesterday’s entry on heroes – גִּבּוֹרִים (ghee-boh-REEM), today I’ll refer to the bulk of those who displayed גְּבוּרָה (ge-voo-RAH- heroism) by name. A firefighter is usually referred to as a כַּבַּאי (kah-BAH-ee), though a woman in כַּבָּאוּת (kah-bah-OOT), fire fighting, is referred to as a כַּבַּאִית (kah-bah-EET). כבאית is also the name for…
