מִזְעָרִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מזער-1.mp3″ /] The word you’re most likely to hear on the street and in the office in Israel for minimal is מִינִימָלִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מזער-2.mp3″ /]. But an authentic Hebrew word growing in usage is מִזְעָרִי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מזער-1.mp3″ /]. The word also means nominal or negligible, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מזער-3.mp3″ /]מְדֻבָּר בִּסְכוּם מִזְעָרִי, לֹא מַשֶּׁהוּ רְצִינִי. We’re…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen and repeat
having trouble seeing the print? נִיצוֹץ Announcing our mid-winter session! נִיצוֹץ (nee-TSOHTS) means spark in the physical sense, but the word is used far more often to refer to that spark of life, what some might call a divine spark, within us all – without exception. The word is an onomatopoeia, just like the English word crackle. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יומולדת-#.m4a” /]מְסִבַּת יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת While there is a Hebrew song that’s a literal translation of Happy Birthday to You – יום הולדת שמח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יומולדת-#.m4a” /], the song that most Israelis sing at birthday parties is: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יומולדת-#.m4a” /]היום יום הולדת Today is the Birthday of… A birthday party is מסיבת יום הולדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יומולדת-#.m4a” /], as in:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /]מְמֻחְשָׁב You may know the Hebrew word for computer – מחשב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /], deriving from the root ח.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /] meaning thinking. But did you know the word for computerized? That’s ממוחשב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /]למה לא עושים קלפי ממוחשב? Why don’t they make a computerized ballot box? ממוחשב is a פועל verb,…