[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיבולת-לב-ריאה-1.m4a” /]סִבֹּלֶת לֵב-רֵאָה The Hebrew expression סיבולת לב-ריאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיבולת-לב-ריאה-1.m4a” /] is a lot longer than cardio, but looks can be deceiving: cardio is a shortened version of cardio-vascular exercise. סיבולת לב-ריאה translates literally as heart-lung endurance, where סיבולת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיבולת-לב-ריאה-2.m4a” /] means endurance, לב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיבולת-לב-ריאה-3.m4a” /] means heart and ריאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיבולת-לב-ריאה-4.m4a” /] means lung (lungs are ריאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיבולת-לב-ריאה-5.m4a” /]). For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-1.m4a” /]אֲבַטִּיחַ This word appears already in Biblical Hebrew, as אבטיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-1.m4a” /] – watermelon – native to southern Africa, was cultivated in Egypt and eaten by the People of Israel. In researching the word, I spotted the root ב.ט.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-2.m4a” /], which normally means safety as the word ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-3.m4a” /] – security. I started pondering possible…
In Ulpan La-Inyan’s Level 3 course, 21-year-old חַגַּי (khah-GAH-ee) tells his date, יִפְעַת (yeef-AHT) all about his trip to Nahal Yehudiya, including the heroic act he performs there. The word is a bit advanced for Level 3, but יפעת could have said, אֵיזֶה סִפּוּר מְרַתֵּק (EHY-zeh see-POOR me-rah-TEK) – What a fascinating story! …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אתה-צוחק-עלי-1.m4a” /]אַתָּה צוֹחֵק עָלַי? In Hebrew, when we talk about making fun of someone, we talk literally about laughing on them. So to make fun of is לצחוק על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אתה-צוחק-עלי-2.m4a” /]. For example, if a man were stopped by a police officer for running a stop sign but proceeded to argue with the cop’s grammar, the cop…
בּוֹ זְמַנִּית, בַּד בְּבַד Can’t read Hebrew yet? While Israelis sometimes say בְּאֹפֶן סִימוּלְטָנִי to express simultaneously or at the same time, they’re also likely to use the expression בּוֹ זְמַנִּית – literally, at that moment. Likewise, בּוֹ-זְמַנִּי means simultaneous. For example: הוּא מְסֻגָּל לְנַגֵּן בַּגִּיטָרָה וְלָשִׁיר בּוֹ-זְמַנִּית. He is…