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how to say “to put” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  לָשִׂים  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     The word לָשִׂים listen and repeat – to put or to place – is a simple verb of the hollow variety, of the root שׂ.י.מ (s.y.m).   For example:   שִׂימִי אֶת הַשַּׂקִּיּוֹת עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן. Put the bags on the table. (to a female)  listen    This word is at…

how to say “lenses” and “lentils” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

having trouble seeing the print? עֲדָשׁוֹת, עֲדָשִׁים  listen and repeat   Mid-Fall Hebrew  Courses Starting Soon! Register Now!        See review material at the end of today’s dose… and TEST YOURSELF!   The Hebrew words for lens and lentil are the same – עֲדָשָׁה listen and repeat. That’s because when the makers of Modern Hebrew were thinking about what…

how to say “tumor” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /]גִּדּוּל Yesterday we saw that to raise a child is לגדל ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-2.m4a” /]. This active-intensive verb לגדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-3.m4a” /] has a corresponding noun form – גידול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /], so that raising children is גידול ילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-4.m4a” /]. But the word גידול also means a growth or a tumor, so you’re more likely to hear people avoid…

daily video – how to say “joy” 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 “the rest” in Hebrew

how to say “the rest” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]הַשְּׁאָר, הַיֶּתֶר The root ש.א.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] brings us the הפעיל verb to leave behind – להשאיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /], as well as השאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest. שאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] with the -ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] prefix appears only in construct (סמיכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]) phrases such as שאר האנשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest…

how to say “enough” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? מַסְפִּיק, דַּי   brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online   There are two words in Hebrew that mean enough. First word by Eran Finkle taken in Bet Yehoshua, Israel מַסְפִּיק (mahs-PEEK) comes from the root ס.פ.ק (s.p.k) meaning sufficiency. מספיק is an adjective and adverb deriving from the active-causative הפעיל…