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″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/כרם-#.m4a” /]כֶּרֶם Here’s another beautiful Hebrew name: כרם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/כרם-#.m4a” /]. But departing from the trend, this one’s for girls (at least usually). Grammatically, though, כרם (meaning vineyard) – is masculine. That’s why the following sentence uses היה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/כרם-#.m4a” /] (a masculine conjugation) and not הייתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/כרם-#.m4a” /] (a feminine conjugation) for was: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/כרם-#.m4a” /]לשלמה…
מעסיק Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for a business – עֶסֶק (EH-sehk). If I were to state that he’s busy, I’d say, הוּא עָסוּק (hoo ah-SOOK); I were to say that a woman is busy, it would be, הִיא עֲסוּקָה (hee ah-soo-KAH). However, if I wanted to say, he’s preoccupied with something, I’d…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /]בָּשָׂר נָא A raw vegetable in Hebrew is ירק טרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /] (fresh vegetable) or ירק חי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /] (“live” vegetable). Raw meat is often called בשר חי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /], but there’s also a special term for it – בשר נא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /]. This also means rare meat, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בשר-נא-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב את…
לְהִתְנַשֵּׁק Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday we saw the various Hebrew words for hug. Today we’ll look at kissing, which has a similar grammar. The root of kissing – נ.שׁ.ק (n.sh.k) – is the same as that of a weapon – נֶשֶׁק – not because of the “kiss of death”, but probably because…
having trouble seeing the print? יַחֲסִית, בְּאֹפֶן יַחֲסִי Don’t yet read Hebrew? Learn now, for free! Last week I posted a dose on relatives, so here’s a dose on a related word – relatively. אַלְבֶּרְט אַיינְשְׁטַיין, אָבִיהָ שֶׁל תּוֹרַת הַיַּחֲסוּת Albert Einstein, father of the theory of relativity Hebrew…