THIS WEEK’S VIDEO DOSE OF HEBREW – how to say “bon apetit!”

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /]יְחִידָה The English word unit is related to the word one – more recognizably, to the Spanish (and Italian) word for one, uno. Likewise, Hebrew’s word for unit – יחידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /] – is related to its word for one, אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יחידה-#.m4a” /]היא התגייסה ליחידה קרבית. She was drafted to a combat unit….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/על-שפת-הנהר-1.m4a” /]עַל שְׂפַת הַנָּהָר The Hebrew word for lip is שפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/על-שפת-הנהר-2.m4a” /]. Believe it or not, this word is quite versatile: it also means language and bank (of a river, a sea, etc). In a connected “of” (construct) state, שפה becomes שפת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/על-שפת-הנהר-3.m4a” /], so that a river bank is שפת נהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/על-שפת-הנהר-4.m4a” /] – literally, a bank…