טֶבַע הָאָדָם, הַטֶּבַע הָאֱנוֹשִׁי Can’t read Hebrew yet? In observance of the Jewish holidays, I took off some time from blogging. Now it’s back to the routine, with a dose of Hebrew that brings themes of the holidays together with themes of the Torah portions being read these weeks by Jews around…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /]לַעֲבוֹר אֶת הַגִּיל In Hebrew, to outgrow something by virtue of age or maturity is לעבור את הגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /] – literally, to pass the age. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /]הוא כבר עבר את הגיל עם החצ’קונים. He already passed the age of (with) acne. Broken down, that’s: לעבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /] – to pass, a simple…
אַתָּה נִרְאֶה חִוֵּר Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for pale is חִוֵּר when referring to a male, and חִוֶּרֶת when referring to a female. But when used as an adverb, חיור is the right word for both males and females. For example: אַתְּ נִרְאֵית לִי קְצַת חִוֵּר הַיּוֹם….
שׁוֹבָר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שובר-1.wav” /] The English word coupon is borrowed from French, where it means literally, piece cut off – as a physical coupon is typically a piece of paper cut off from the rest of a sign or document. Hebrew’s word for coupon or voucher borrows that concept: שובר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שובר-1.wav” /] comes from the root שׁ.ב.ר (sh.b.r) meaning broken off. For…