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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/קו-החוף-#.m4a” /]קַו הַחוֹף The word for line (when talking about a geometric shape) in Hebrew is קו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/קו-החוף-#.m4a” /]. The word for coast or shore is חוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/קו-החוף-#.m4a” /]. So a coast line is קו חוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/קו-החוף-#.m4a” /], while the coast line is קו החוף. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/קו-החוף-#.m4a” /]קו החוף הישראלי משתרע מראש הנקרה עד גבול מצרים. The…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]צִבְעוֹנִי If you’ve got some Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for color – צבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]מה הצבע האהוב עלייך, שרה? What’s your favorite color, Sarah? Colorful is צבעוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]איזה סגנון אתה מעדיף, דוד, צבעוני או חלק? Which style do…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעלות-לירושלים-1.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת לִירוּשָׁלַיִם The simple word for to go by foot, in Hebrew, is ללכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעלות-לירושלים-2.m4a” /]. To go by vehicle is לנסוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעלות-לירושלים-3.m4a” /]. But going to Jerusalem is a special affair, partly because it requires ascending a mountain, but also because it’s such a special place that it involves a personal ascent as well. Thus to go…
having trouble seeing the print? טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program The Hebrew word for mobile – describing something portable or that moves from place to place – is נַיָּד (nah-YAHD). So a mobile telephone is a טֶלֶפוֹן נייד. The word טלפון (TEH-leh-phohn) itself does have a proper Hebrew term invented by the Academy of the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאותה-סיבה-1.m4a” /]מֵאֹתָהּ סִבָּה People think verbs in foreign languages are hard to learn, but mistranslations of words like at, to, from and with – prepositions – remain the most common errors when speaking a second language. For example, may I use your (a female’s) pen? in Hebrew is ?אפשר להשתמש בעט שלך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאותה-סיבה-2.m4a” /] – literally, may (I) use with your…