how to say “please press 1” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /]בָּחוּר, בַּחוּרָה The Hebrew word for young man or guy is בחור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /], while his female counterpart is a בחורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/בחור-#.m4a” /]הוא בחור נבון ומכיל. He’s a wise and sensitive young man. Now, בחור and בחורה technically mean young man/woman, but they’ve been known to refer to a person…

[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…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-1.m4a” /]חֲלָלִית Yesterday we saw that חלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-2.m4a” /] means space, and החלל החיצון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-3.m4a” /] means outer space. I gave the example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-4.m4a” /]אריק תמיד רצה לנסוע לחלל החיצון. Arik has always wanted to go to outer space. But how would he get there? With a space shuttle, of course – a חללית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-1.m4a” /]. For example, Arik might say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-5.m4a” /]מי…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתדל-1.mp3″ /]לְנַסּוֹת, לְהִשְׁתַּדֵּל, לַעֲשׂוֹת מַאֲמָץ In English we have to try and to make an effort. Hebrew has one more expression, totaling three, each with its nuances. First, there’s the active-intensive לנסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתדל-2.mp3″ /]. It’s the most broadly used, and it means to try in the trial and error sense. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתדל-3.mp3″ /]אני אנסה לתפוס אותה בנייד. I’ll…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מרפסת-1.m4a” /]מִרְפֶּסֶת, גְּזוּזְטְרָה The part of a house or apartment that juts out and provides space for leisure furniture is called in Hebrew a מרפסת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מרפסת-2.m4a” /]. This structure can appear on the ground floor, so that in English it would be called a porch or a veranda. It can also spring forth from an above-ground…