דְּגָנֵי בֹּקֶר Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for grain is דָּגָן . So while many Israelis still refer to all breakfast cereals as קוֹרְֶנְפְלֶקְס , more and more are using the term דְּגָנֵי בֹּקֶר – literally, grains of the morning. For example: הֵם מוֹכְרִים דְּגָנֵי בֹּקֶר בִּמְחִיר הֶפְסֵד….
קִשּׁוּר, חֻלְיָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? When referring to the kind of link found on a webpage, the Hebrew word is קִשּׁוּר (while many Israelis still use the foreign word, לִינְק ). This word wasn’t invented for the advent of the hyperlink; rather, it was in use beforehand in contexts such as the phrase:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /]לְהָצִיץ To see is the simple verb לראות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /]הם לא רואים אותי. They don’t see me. To look at is להסתכל על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /] (a התפעל verb) or -להביט ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /] (a הפעיל verb), as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/להציץ-#.m4a” /]אפשר להסתכל על התמונה הזאת? May I look…
No connection to anything, just a word that popped into my head: the Hebrew word for absurd is מְגֻחָך (me-goo-KHAHKH). For example, קוֹפִים עָפִים מִסָּבִיב לַיָּרֵחַ זֶה דָּבָר מְגוּחָך (koh-FEEM ah-FEEM mee-sah-VEEV lah-yah-REH-ahkh zeh dah-VAHR me-goo-KHAHKH) – Monkeys flying around the moon is something absurd. You know what else is מגוחך? …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]לִקְרוֹא תִּיגָּר The basic word for to oppose, in Hebrew, is the הפעיל verb להתנגד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]הם מתנגדים למה שאנחנו עושים. They oppose what we’re doing. But a stronger way of expressing opposition – usually opposition to an idea – is לקרוא תיגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /] – to call…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אבו-דרך-#.m4a” /]אֶבֶן דֶּרֶךְ In the British Commonwealth and in the United States, people know what a mile is. People in most other countries don’t, so the term milestone translates to something else. In Hebrew, it translates to אבן דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אבו-דרך-#.m4a” /] – a stone on the path. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אבו-דרך-#.m4a” /]הילד הגיע לכל אבני…