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how to say “I wish you…” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

לאחל   Here’s how a male would say to a female, in Hebrew, I wish you a good year: אֲנִי מְאַחֵל לָךְ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (ah-NEE meh-ah-KHEHL lahkh shah-NAH toh-VAH).   Here’s how a female would say it to a male: אֲנִי מְאַחֶלֶת לְךָ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (ah-NEE meh-ah-KHEH-let le-KHAH shah-NAH toh-VAH).   You can figure out how…

how to say “hall” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /]הֵיכָל, אוּלָם Hebrew has two words for the type of hall that can fit lots of people: היכל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /] and אולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /]. היכל refers to a hall consecrated for a particular purpose, such as היכל התרבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /] – the Hall of Culture in Tel Aviv, and the היכל that was the gathering place…

how to say “to chitchat” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? לְפַטְפֵּט     How’s your Hebrew? Only 10 spots available per course.  Save 200 shekels by Thursday. Sign up now!       לְדַבֵּר (leh-dah-BEHR) is to speak or to talk, presumably about things of substance. But if the דיבור (dee-BOOR) – speech – is decidedly without substance – in other words, a simple chitchat,…

how to say “to pass the time” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להעביר-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /]לְהַעֲבִיר אֶת הַזְּמַן To pass the time in Hebrew is the same as to pass the time in English: להעביר את הזמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להעביר-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להעביר-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /]לא כיף להעביר את הזמן במרפאה. It’s no fun to pass the time at the (medical) clinic. להעביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להעביר-את-הזמן-#.m4a” /] is a הפעיל verb of the…

how to say “to intercept” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

having trouble seeing the print? לְיָרֵט  Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh    This one’s for Ruti… and for our heroes in southern Israel, civilian and military. This word means to intercept as well as to shoot down: לְיָרֵט (leh-yah-RET). It’s an active-intensive פיעל verb, of the Biblical-Hebrew root י.ר.ט (y.r.t), which means thwart. Interception of rockets…

Weekly Hebrew Review – engines, cover songs, attraction, smoking and letting go

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…