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אַחְדּוּת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Difficulties cause strife and tension, but they sometimes serve to unify people. To unify people is לְאַחֵד אֲנָשִׁים listen and repeat. For example: הַמְּאֹרָע הַקָּשֶׁה אֵחֵד אֶת הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה. The difficult event unified the family. listen To unify, as in to come together, is לְהִתְאַחֵד listen…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ארצנו-הקטנטונת-1.m4a” /]אַרְצֵנוּ הַקְּטַנְטוֹנֶת The word ארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ארצנו-הקטנטונת-2.m4a” /] means earth as well as country or land. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ארצנו-הקטנטונת-3.m4a” /]ארץ ישראל יפה. The land of Israel is beautiful. The word for small is קטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ארצנו-הקטנטונת-4.m4a” /]; little, said in a loving way, is קטנטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ארצנו-הקטנטונת-5.m4a” /] for a masculine object and קטנטונת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ארצנו-הקטנטונת-6.m4a” /] for a feminine object such as…
פִּגּוּר שִׂכְלִי At the end of today’s dose, you’ll find an opportunity to help people in Israel with mental disabilities. Mental retardation is a condition that affects individuals and families in every ethnic group and every nation on the planet, including Israel. The Hebrew word for retardation is פִּגּוּר (pee-GOOR), derived from the…
צָרֶבֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרבת-1.mp3″ /] This one’s for my brother in law חנוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרבת-2.mp3″ /], who probably knows the technical term for heartburn. That sharp pain sometimes felt near the heart, called heartburn, really takes place in the digestive system. The unpleasant occurrence is named for how it feels, rather than how it transpires. Likewise, its Hebrew term…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]עוּגִיּוֹת Cookie or biscuit? To each his own dialect of English, but the digital world has decided that those trackers we’re asked to accept upon visiting websites are called cookies. In Hebrew, both the digital and the delicious are called עוגיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /], while a single cookie is עוגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/עוגיות-#.m4a” /]הילד אוכל…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /]גַּן חַיּוֹת A great place to take the kids during summer vacation – if it’s not too hot – is to a גן חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /] – zoo, or literally, garden of animals. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /]חבל שאין מזגנים בגן החיות! It’s too bad there aren’t air-conditioning (units) at the zoo! חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/גן-חיות-#.m4a” /]…