video for Purim – how to say “costume” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /]וִילוֹן The Hebrew word for curtain is וילון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /]דויד, סגור את הווילון! David, close the curtain! וילון came to Hebrew in Mishnaic times via Greek and Latin (in Latin the word is velum). Even though וילון is a masculine noun, curtains are וילונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/וילון-#.m4a” /], with the feminine…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אירוע-1.m4a” /]אֵרוּעַ The Hebrew word for event – אירוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אירוע-1.m4a” /] – comes from the Aramic verb ארע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אירוע-2.m4a” /] – happened: an event is something that takes place, and then it’s over. Like in English, אירוע can refer to an event geological, digital, or one that people gather to take part in. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אירוע-3.m4a” /]מאוד…

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 Game 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/2014/10/סקרנות-1.m4a” /]סַקְרָנוּת The Hebrew word סקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סקרנות-2.m4a” /] means survey – something involving checking things out, satisfying curiosity. Someone curious is סקרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סקרנות-3.m4a” /] (a male) or סקרנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סקרנות-4.m4a” /] (a female). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סקרנות-5.m4a” /]אני סקרן לדעת מה קרה אתמול. I’m curious to know what happened yesterday. Likewise, curiosity is סקרנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סקרנות-1.m4a” /]. For example:  …

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ריקודי-עם-1.m4a” /]רִקּוּדֵי עַם The word עם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ריקודי-עם-2.m4a” /] means people or nation in a down-to-earth sense. It serves as the basis for words such as עממי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ריקודי-עם-3.m4a” /] – popular, of the people as well as עמכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ריקודי-עם-4.m4a” /] – literally, your people (with an added ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ריקודי-עם-5.m4a” /]) – an informal word referring to what some might call the simple people. עם…