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לְהִתְמַלֵּא listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? מָלֵא listen and repeat for something masculine and מְלֵאָה listen and repeat for something feminine mean full, as in filled to capacity. For example: הַמָּקוֹם מָלֵא בַּאֲנָשִׁים. The place is full of people. listen and הַבֶּטֶן שֶׁלִּי מְלֵאָה. My stomach is full. listen For…
סֶרֶט תִּעוּדִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? A film is a סֶרֶט listen and repeat, invoking the Biblical Hebrew word for ribbon (film fed through a projector is a ribbon). And while a (male) witness is an עֵד listen and repeat, documentation – the written account of that which is witnessed…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-יאומן-1.m4a” /]לֹא יְאֻמָּן, לֹא יֵאָמֵן To believe – in Hebrew – is להאמין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-יאומן-2.m4a” /], an active-causative הפעיל verb. It would follow, then, that unbelievable would be לא יואמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-יאומן-3.m4a” /], as יואמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-יאומן-4.m4a” /] is of the passive-causative הופעל form. But what most Israelis say is לא יאומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-יאומן-5.m4a” /], where יאומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לא-יאומן-6.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /]וִילוֹן The Hebrew word for curtain is וילון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /]דויד, סגור את הווילון! David, close the curtain! וילון came to Hebrew in Mishnaic times via Greek and Latin (in Latin the word is velum). Even though וילון is a masculine noun, curtains are וילונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /], with the feminine…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /]שִׁתּוּף פְּעֻלָּה The Hebrew phrase for cooperation is שיתוף פעולה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /], literally sharing of action, where שיתוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /] means sharing and פעולה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /] means action. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שיתוף-פעולה-#.m4a” /]הצלחה היא לעיתים קרובות פריו של שיתוף פעולה מבורך. Success is oftentimes the fruit of blessed cooperation. I am sending you this extra dose…