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how to say “a risk” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger November 10, 2010November 5, 2018

Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for dangerous – מְסוּכָּן (me-soo-KAHN). Likewise, the word for danger itself is סַכָּנָה (sah-kah-NAH). The word for risk comes from the same root – ס.כ.נ (s.k.n): סִכּוּן (see-KOON). Radio-show lineup I’ve got my radio show of Israeli music explained at noon today (as every week), on RustyMike…

how to say “to fall off your chair” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 6, 2021June 4, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /]לִיפּוֹל מֵהַכִּיסֵּא Hebrew’s phrase for this expression of shock is the same as the English – ליפול מהכיסא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /] – literally, to fall off the chair (as usual, Hebrew uses -ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /] – the instead of a possessive pronoun such as your). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /]כשהיא תשמע את הסיפור הזה היא תיפול…

how to say “coma” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 12, 2014October 25, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? תַּרְדֶּמֶת Tomorrow Israel will lay to rest Former Prime Minster Ariel “Arik” Sharon. Sharon suffered a massive stroke eight years ago, and since then had been in a coma. The Hebrew word for coma is תַּרְדֶּמֶת . For example: אֲרִיאֵל שָׁרוֹן הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ…

how to say “whole grains” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 10, 2016October 22, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דגנים-מלאים-1.m4a” /]דְּגָנִים מְלֵאִים A while back I did a post on breakfast cereal – דגני בוקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דגנים-מלאים-2.m4a” /]. The word בוקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דגנים-מלאים-3.m4a” /] means morning, while דגני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דגנים-מלאים-4.m4a” /] is the form of דגנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דגנים-מלאים-5.m4a” /] – grains – when it’s attached to another word by what might be the word of in English – so that דגני בוקר means…

how to say “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 25, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משרד-החוץ-1.m4a” /]מִשְׂרַד הַחוּץ Whereas English tends to be long-winded, Hebrew is concise. English has the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Hebrew has משרד החוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משרד-החוץ-1.m4a” /] – literally, the office of the outside (to understand what “the outside” refers to, see yesterday’s dose). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משרד-החוץ-2.m4a” /]היא קיבלה עבודה טובה במשרד החוץ. She got a…

how to say “unlimited” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 29, 2015July 26, 2015

בלתי מוגבל, ללא הגבלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-1.mp3″ /] In English, there’s the word unlimited as it might be used as an adjective, as in “we have an unlimited amount of…”, and there’s unlimited as it might appear in an ad: “Spaces unlimited!” Hebrew has a term for each. In adjective form, Hebrew uses בלתי מוגבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-2.mp3″ /] to describe masculine objects and…

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