[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְלַבֵּשׁ Earlier this week we saw that לקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-2.m4a” /] – to accept – becomes להתקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-3.m4a” /] – to get accepted or to be accepted, in a reflexive form. The same happens with the word ללבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-4.m4a” /] – to wear, which becomes להתלבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-1.m4a” /] – to get dressed. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-5.m4a” /]את עדיין מתלבשת?…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לפרוש-כנפיים-#.m4a” /]לִפְרוֹשׂ כְּנָפַיִים The Hebrew word for wing is כנף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לפרוש-כנפיים-#.m4a” /], while a pair of wings is כנפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לפרוש-כנפיים-#.m4a” /]. To spread something out is לפרוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לפרוש-כנפיים-#.m4a” /], so that to spread wings is לפרוש כנפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לפרוש-כנפיים-#.m4a” /]. This expression can be used literally or figuratively. For example, a mentor might say to their apprentice: [audioclip…
ראיית חשבון After finishing working tonight I walked up the hill from the German Colony to Katamon (both Jerusalem neighborhoods) for the evening prayer… and to get some air. On the way back I walked with a good friend of mine, דּוֹרוֹן (Doron), who is an accountant. We had a good conversation… and I…
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 . Space Race . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְקַוֶּה שֶׁכֵּן Israel’s national anthem is called התקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-2.m4a” /] – literally, the hope. To hope is the active-intensive verb לקוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-3.m4a” /], so that I hope is אני מקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-4.m4a” /] if you’re a male, and אני מקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-5.m4a” /] if you’re a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מקווה-שכן-6.m4a” /]האם הבנק פתוח היום? אני מקווה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-נורא-1.m4a” /]לֹא נוֹרָא Earlier this week we encountered the word נורא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-נורא-2.m4a” /], which means awesome or awful, depending on the context. But when Israelis say לא נורא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-נורא-1.m4a” /], they definitely mean not awful… or, in the English equivalent, no big deal. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-נורא-3.m4a” /]אז שכחת פעם אחת את התיק בבית, לא נורא! So you…