how to say “celebration” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 11, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-1.m4a” /]חֲגִיגָה

celebration - חגיגה If you’ve got some basic familiarity with Hebrew or Judaism, you probably know the word for holiday – חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-2.m4a” /]. This word’s root is ח.ג.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-3.m4a” /], which appears in full in the word for to celebrate – לחגוג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-4.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-5.m4a” /]חגגנו לה יום הולדת.

We celebrated her birthday (literally, we celebrated for her a birthday).

And a celebration is חגיגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-1.m4a” /].

Take, for example, the line from an Israeli birthday song:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-6.m4a” /]יום הולדת, חגיגה נחמדת!

A birthday, a lovely celebration!

Here the composer took poetic license – נחמדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-7.m4a” /] is not correct spoken usage. Rather, the spoken word is נחמדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-8.m4a” /].

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לְעוֹדֵד listen to this word pronounced This Sunday, our classes begin afresh in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana (Tel Aviv coming very soon!). Our classes are small – and we’ve got a few spots left in all of them. a Raanana class at work/play אֲנִי מְעוֹדֵד אֶתְכֶם (ah-NEE meh-oh-DED et-KHEM) – I encourage you…

how to say “olive oil” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 21, 2021February 17, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /]שֶׁמֶן זַיִת The Hebrew word for oil is שמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /], as in שמן מנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /] – motor oil and שמן זית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /] – olive oil. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /]הוא מבשל רק עם שמן זית, ולא עם שום שמן אחר. He cooks only with olive oil, not with any other oil. More than…

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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]הֲפִיכָה While מהפכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a full-on revolution, הפיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a coup or a forced replacement of the government. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]לפני עשרים ואחת שנה היה ניסיון להפיכה ברוסיה הסובייטית. Twenty one years ago there was an attempt at a coup in Soviet Russia. Both מהפכה and הפיכה…

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