מִשְׁטָרָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for police in the general sense, as in “the police,” is מִשְׁטָרָה . It derives from the root שׁ.ט.ר (sh.t.r), also the root of שׁוֹטֵר , and שׁוֹטֶרֶת , a police officer (male and female, respectively). The word falls into the same noun-forming template as…
מִלְגָּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מלגה-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for scholarship or stipend is מִלְגָּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מלגה-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מלגה-2.mp3″ /]אוּלְפָּן לָעִנְייָן מְחַלֵּק הַקַּיִץ שְׁתֵּי מְלָגוֹת, אַחַת לִסְטוּדֶנְט וְאַחַת לִמְחַנֵּךְ. Ulpan La-Inyan is giving out this summer two scholarships, one to a student and one to an educator. The root of מלגה is מ.ל.ג (m.l.g), which comes…
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גמיש-#.m4a” /]גָּמִישׁ The Hebrew word for flexible is גמיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גמיש-#.m4a” /], or גמישה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גמיש-#.m4a” /] when referring to something or feminine or to a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גמיש-#.m4a” /]אני לא יודע באיזו שעה בדיוק אני מגיע – את גמישה? I don’t know exactly at what time I’m arriving – are you flexible? And flexibility? That’s…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תתמודדו-1.m4a” /]תִּתְמוֹדְדוּ When people go against the grain or otherwise disturb society’s equilibrium of norms, they tend to elicit negative reactions from others. These people might fold under the pressure, or they might give a message of “deal with it.” The Hebrew expression for this, when speaking to a group of people, is תתמודדו[audioclip…
*** Correction – Yesterday I wrote that מְתֻחְכָּם (me-tookh-KAHM) – sophisticated – is a הופעל (hoof-AHL) verb. That was an error – it’s a פועל (poo-AHL) verb. *** Today’s word… If you can count to ten in Hebrew, you know the word עֶשֶׂר (EH-sehr) – ten. If you’re grammar-savvy in Hebrew, you know עֲשָׂרָה (ah-sah-RAH)…