Tu BiShvat special today! – my radio show of Israeli music explained
In the lineup:
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!
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew… ..and Watch the Video Lesson! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-1.m4a” /]אַבִּיר The chorus of Danny Sanderson’s love song זה הכל בשבילך [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-2.m4a” /] features a woman scolding her love for his naivety, nevertheless assuring him: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-3.m4a” /]כך או כך תישאר האביר שלי. Either way, you’ll remain my knight. The Hebrew word for knight is אביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-1.m4a” /]. Note that the ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-4.m4a” /] is a…
This is one of those words people typically learn in their first course in Hebrew, but it’s got meanings beyond the simple one. לַעֲבוֹר (lah-ah-VOHR) means literally to pass, as in אֲתָּה תַּעֲבוֹר אֶת הַצּוֹמֶת (ah-TAH tah-ah-VOHR et hah-TSOH-met) – You (a male) will pass the intersection. This is a future-tense usage of לעבור….
מְיֻתָּר לוֹמַר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיותר-לומר-1.mp3″ /] If meant literally, needless to say wouldn’t be said at all – after all, there’s no need to say it. The emotional content in the expression makes up for its logical lack of… well, necessity. Hebrew’s expression for this is מְיֻתָּר לוֹמַר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיותר-לומר-1.mp3″ /] – literally, it’s extra or unnecessary to say. You might also hear מְיֻתָּר…