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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]בֵּית סֵפֶר תִּיכוֹן The Hebrew expression for high school or upper school is בית ספר תיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /], or simply התיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]יש לך כבר ילד בתיכון?! You (a woman) already have a kid in high school?! If high school is the top of state-mandated education, why does Hebrew use…
ארנק If you’re already conversational in Hebrew, chances are you know the word for wallet or purse (carried, usually, by men) – אַרְנָק (ahr-NAHK). But did you know the origin of the word? It comes from the ancient Greek word for sheep skin – arnakis. Ulpan La-Inyan classes… are not free, but they’re…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-1.m4a” /]לָזוּז הַצִּדָּה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you know the word for house or home – בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-2.m4a” /]. You probably also know a special directional word for home – הביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-3.m4a” /] as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-4.m4a” /]הם רוצים ללכת הביתה. They want to go home. Here Hebrew takes the word בית and puts the letter ה[audioclip…