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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חיים-שלי-#.m4a” /]חַיִּים שֶׁלִּי People use אהובתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חיים-שלי-#.m4a” /] and אהובי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חיים-שלי-#.m4a” /] (literally, my love, referring respectively to a female and a male) as a term of endearment. But a more common and dramatic expression of love is חיים-שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חיים שלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, my life. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חיים-שלי-#.m4a” /]חיים שלי, תכבי את…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-מצב-1.m4a” /]אֵין סִכּוּי, אֵין מַצָּב The Hebrew word for chance as in “so you’re saying there’s a chance” is סיכוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-מצב-2.m4a” /]. Thus Hebrew speakers do sometimes translate the expression not a chance to אין סיכוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-מצב-3.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-מצב-4.m4a” /]אין סיכוי שאני קופץ ממטוס. Not a chance that I’ll jump out of a plane….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגרי-1.m4a” /]דּוּגְרִי Here’s another word that arrived in Hebrew via a foreign language: the slang word דוגרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגרי-1.m4a” /], straight up or direct. It originated in Turkish (doğru meaning right or correct), traveled south and came to Hebrew via the local Arabic word دُغْرِيّ (dughri) meaning straight (this I learned in a cab with an Arab driver). Imagine you’re an…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-1.m4a” /]קוֹמַת קַרְקַע What we refer to in English as a floor of a building or a storey, in Hebrew is קומה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-3.m4a” /]באיזו קומה אתם גרים? What floor do you guys live on? They might answer you with: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומת-קרקע-4.m4a” /]אנחנו גרים בקומת קרקע. We live on (the) ground floor. Note…