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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חֲלַב עִיזִּים The Hebrew word for a female goat is עז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one goat is עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /] (a male is תיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one is תישים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]). Goat milk is חלב עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חלב עיזים נחשב בריא יותר לבני אדם…
[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….
having trouble seeing the print? לִתְהוֹת Class Starts April 7 In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv DISCOUNT DEADLINE MARCH 24! The Hebrew word for to wonder is לִתְהוֹת . In English, we use the verb to wonder to express not only genuine wonder, but also to make a polite request, such as I was wondering whether you’d be able to pick me…
לַחְפּוֹר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפור-1.mp3″ /] This one’s for Zeev. Here’s an expression I thought was authentically Israeli, until I looked it up and found that the source is English and possibly other languages. The simple verb לחפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפור-1.mp3″ /] means literally to dig, but figuratively it’s one of the things that the Modern Israeli version of a Yente does: ask questions…