חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
בִּטָּחוֹן עַצְמִי Can’t read Hebrew yet? The feeling of confidence comes from a feeling of security with oneself. Thus Modern Hebrew chose to coin the term self confidence as בִּטָּחוֹן עַצְמִי – self security. Likewise, a person who is confident is literally someone who has self confidence. For example: יֵשׁ לָהּ…
To measure in Hebrew is the simple verb למדוד. For example: כמה ארוכה הספה? צריך למדוד. How long is the sofa? (We) need to measure (it). Something measurable is מדיד, as in: “אם זה לא מדיד, אי אפשר לנהל אותו.” (ג’ק וולש) “If it isn’t measurable, it cannot be managed.” (Jack Welsh)
שְׁגִיאָה, טָעוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/טעות-1.mp3″ /] Hebrew has two words for mistake – שְׁגִיאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/טעות-2.mp3″ /] and טָעוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/טעות-3.mp3″ /], both deriving from Biblical Hebrew. While they’re often used interchangeably, there is a subtle difference. שגיאה is related to the Biblical-Hebrew בִּשְׁגָּגָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/טעות-4.mp3″ /] – by mistake. It refers to an error made when there was another…