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how to say “to go up the stairs” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת בַּמַּדְרֵגוֹת Stairs are מדרגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], from the root ד.ר.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], one of the roots meaning level. How would you say to go up the stairs? That’s לעלות במדרגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /], literally to go up in the stairs.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-במדרגות-#.m4a” /]אפשר לעלות או במדרגות הרגילות או במדרגות הנעות. You can go up either the regular…

daily video – how to say “background noise” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “monster” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

מִפְלֶצֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-1.mp3″ /] I’m excited for Jurassic World, a sequel to Jurassic Park ten years in the making. Some describe dinosaurs – in Hebrew, דִּינוֹזָאוּרִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-2.mp3″ /] – as monsters. The Hebrew word for monster is מִפְלֶצֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-1.mp3″ /], a word that appears once in Biblical Hebrew (מְלָכִים א’, פֶּרֶק ט”ו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-3.mp3″ /] – I Kings,…

how to say “brainwash” in Hebrew

how to say “brainwash” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]שְׁטִיפַת מוֹחַ The Hebrew word for brain is מוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]. Its plural is מוחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /], which brings us the expression סיעור מוחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /] – brainstorming (storming of brains). To rinse or to wash is לשטוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /], so to brainwash or to rinse a brain is לשטוף מוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]שטפו…

how to say “the 80’s” in Hebrew

how to say “the 80’s” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]שְׁנוֹת הַשְּׁמוֹנִים While the Hebrew word for eight is שמונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] (or שמונָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] if what we’re counting are masculine nouns), eighty is שמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]הוא צודק שמונים אחוז מהזמן. He’s right eighty percent of the time. The eighties is שנות השמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] – literally, the years…