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how to say “relationship” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /]מַעֲרֶכֶת יְחָסִים, קֶשֶׁר A technical translation of relationship to Hebrew is מערכת יחסים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /] – a system of relations. Though people do use this expression occasionally in day-to-day conversation, you’re more likely to read it in a printed text. Take this article title for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /]עשרים טיפים מעולים שיועילו לכל מערכת…
how to say “a letter” (as opposed to “a tweet”) in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/מכתב-1.m4a” /]מִכְתָּב A letter such as that belonging to the first word you’re reading now (n), in Hebrew, is אות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/מכתב-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/מכתב-3.m4a” /]כמה אותיות יש באלפבית העברי? How many letters are there in the Hebrew alphabet? (The answer is 22 plus 5 ending letters.) Then there’s a letter that used to be handwritten…
how to say “to denounce” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-1.m4a” /]לְגַנּוֹת After the horrors of Paris Friday night, powers that be all around the world denounced the acts of terror. The Hebrew word for to denounce is לגנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-1.m4a” /]. The root is ג.נ.ה (g.n.h), but since the ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-2.m4a” /] makes a weak sound and disappears in many conjugations, the feminine ות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-3.m4a” /] ends…
how to say “to take shape” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לקרום-עור-וגידים-#.m4a” /]לִקְרוֹם עוֹר וְגִידִים Hebrew’s expression for to take shape may sound a bit like it’s taken from a sci-fi movie: לקרום עור וגידים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לקרום-עור-וגידים-#.m4a” /] – literally, to become covered (with) skin and tendons. Yet as futuristic as the term may sound, it originates from media no later than Ezekiel’s vision of the dry…
how to say “theft” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]גְּנֵבָה The Hebrew word for to steal is לגנוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]. Take, for example, the biblical commandment: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]לא תגנוב. Thou shalt not steal. and the more modern: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]הוא גנב לי את הרכב! He stole my car! The word for theft is גניבה, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]בשורה טובה: יש ירידה במספר…
how to say “to plate” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /]לְצַלְחֵת The Hebrew word for plate is צלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /]שמתי יותר מדי אוכל על הצלחת. I put too much food on my (the) plate. In restaurants, plate becomes a verb: to plate is to arrange the various elements of a dish on the plate. In Hebrew, this is לצלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /],…