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Review Material
You spent time on your Hebrew this week.
Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.
Flashcards . Scatter . Space Race . 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!
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְחָרֵט Don’t miss the deadline! Our fall classes start October 30. Save 200 shekels by October 11. Suppose a young Israeli man meets a young Israeli woman and strikes up a lively conversation. After a while, the two exchange phone numbers and continue their talk, until the woman says, ?בֵּן כַּמָּה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להדרים-#.m4a” /]לְהַדְרִים The Hebrew word for south is דרום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להדרים-#.m4a” /]. Its ah vowel in the beginning gets shortened to a short eh or cut off entirely when דרום appears in an of relationship (construct state or סמיכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להדרים-#.m4a” /]), as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להדרים-#.m4a” /]הנגב נמצא בדרום הארץ. The Negev is in the south of Israel. To go south…
מִשְׁלוֹחַ listen to this word pronounced Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by… Check it out! In my Jerusalem apartment the other night, I searched Google for the Israeli bookshop in Encino, California. I found it and called the number listed. The man on the other end of the line…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ימני-#.m4a” /]יְמָנִי, שְׂמָאלִי While left is שמאל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ימני-#.m4a” /], right is ימין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ימני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ימני-#.m4a” /]אמרתי לחכות לי בצד שמאל, למה אתם עומדים בצד ימין? I said wait for me on the left-hand side – why are you guys standing on the right? Someone left-handed – a lefty – is שמאלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ימני-#.m4a” /], while…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מצוקה-#.m4a” /]מְצוּקָה מצוקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מצוקה-#.m4a” /] is that state in which we need help – distress. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מצוקה-#.m4a” /]כשהיא נפלה היא לחצה על לחצן המצוקה, והגיעו לעזור. When she fell she pressed the distress button, and (people) came to help. מצוקה is also used in expressions that refer to poverty – a distressful life…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/רך-הנולד-#.m4a” /]רַךְ הַנּוֹלָד The Hebrew term for a newborn is just as heartwarming as the English: רך הנולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/רך-הנולד-#.m4a” /] – the soft one (who is) born. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/רך-הנולד-#.m4a” /]איזה חמוד הרך הנולד! How cute is the newborn! (see full conversation) רך הנולד is for a boy. For a girl, it’s רכה…