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daily video – how to say “poor thing” 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 “contagious” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

having trouble seeing the print? מִדַּבֵּק Watch a demo video of one of our Hebrew courses. Class starts October 30 around the country. Register by October 11 to save NIS 200.     This one’s a tricky one, I’ve found. The way to translate contagious disease into Hebrew is מַחֲלָה מִדַּבֶּקֶת (mah-khah-LAH mee-dah-BEH-ket). The latter word refers to contagious. If…

how to say “a letter” (as opposed to “a tweet”) in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/מכתב-1.m4a” /]מִכְתָּב A letter such as that belonging to the first word you’re reading now (n), in Hebrew, is אות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/מכתב-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/מכתב-3.m4a” /]כמה אותיות יש באלפבית העברי? How many letters are there in the Hebrew alphabet? (The answer is 22 plus 5 ending letters.) Then there’s a letter that used to be handwritten…

how to say “on a regular basis” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /]בְּאֹפֶן קָבוּעַ Regular in the sense of everyday, in Hebrew, is רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /]. This word comes from רגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /] – foot, something that moves at a regular pace (despite their similarity, the English regular most likely did not derive from רגיל, nor vice-versa).  רגיל also means used to, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/באופן-קבוע-#.m4a” /]היא רגילה לקום כל בוקר…

how to say “tourism” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  תַּיָּרוּת      Can’t read Hebrew yet?        While a tour in Modern Hebrew is a סִיּוּר  , a tourist is a תַּיָּר   (a male) or a תַּיֶּרֶת   (a female).   The latter words – תייר and תיירת – come from the biblical story of the spies sent to scout the land of Canaan (Israel): לָתוּר אֶת אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן …

Weekly YDDH Review

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

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…