[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /]לְהִוָּלֵד He was born, in Hebrew, is הוא נולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /]. She was born is היא נולדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /]. These are versions of the נפעל verb להיוולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /] – to be born. Now, you may be looking at the word להיוולד wondering why there’s no נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /] – that’s because the n sound…
זהירות Driving conscientiously, defensively and carefully prevents car accidents (I think money should be spent developing an automated personal transport system – that would really save lives). As an Israeli parts from his friend who has a drive ahead of him, he is likely to say to him, סַע בִּזְהִירוּת (sa biz-hee-ROOT), or…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /]צוֹהֳרַיִים The Hebrew word for noon is צוהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /] (according to the pre-2017 spelling, צהריים). While אחר הצוהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /] or אחרי הצוהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /] means afternoon (literally, after the noon), people often abbreviate and just use צוהריים to refer to the first few hours after 12pm. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צוהריים-#.m4a” /]הוא אמר שהוא יקפוץ לבקר…