THIS WEEK’S VIDEO DOSE OF HEBREW – how to say “number” and what that has to do with stories and hair

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /]שַׁמְרָן, שַׁמְרָנִית In the US, conservative is almost synonymous with politically right-wing. In Israel, someone conservative – שמרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] or שמרנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] – refers to the personality trait meaning of the word, while ימני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] (masculine) or ימנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] (feminine) is someone right-wing. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /]הוא מאוד…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-1.m4a” /]בְּהֵרָיוֹן The Hebrew word for parent is הורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-2.m4a” /] for a male (a father) and הורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-3.m4a” /] for a female (a mother). Another word of the same root ה.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-4.m4a” /] is הריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-5.m4a” /] – pregnancy, and its derivative בהריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-1.m4a” /] – pregnant or literally with pregnancy. For example, you might hear on an Israeli public…