practice and own this week’s doses of Hebrew!
having trouble seeing the print? מְתַקְתַּק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Yesterday’s entry introduced the Hebrew word for to tick – לְתַקְתֵּק (leh-tahk-TEK), whose present-tense (active participle) masculine-singular form is מְתַקְתֵּק (meh-tahk-TEK). Though yesterday’s word sounds a lot like today’s, the two…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להגיש-מועמדות-#.m4a” /]לְהַגִּישׁ מָעֳמָדוֹת If you think about it, the English word apply, in the pure sense, doesn’t have much to do with a job search. Think about to apply pressure – apply means to put pressure or to give attention to something. Hebrew approaches the job application from a different angle: להגיש מועמדות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להגיש-מועמדות-#.m4a” /] is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /]עִידַּן הָאֶבֶן, תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן The word עידן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] means age in the sense of era (it’s also a common name, mostly for boys), so that עידן האבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] is the stone age, עידן הברזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] is the iron age, etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /]הוא חי בעידן האבן, לא מוכן…
I like to be moving forward – מתקדם – in all areas of my life. If I’m not moving forward I’m עומד במקום – standing in place – or stagnating. Here’s a variation of לעמוד במקום – to stand in place – in a complete sentence: אם אני עומד במקום, סימן שאני תקוע. If I’m…