הִשְׁתּוֹקְקוּת, גַּעֲגוּעִים Raise your hand if you’ve ever missed someone. Raise your hand if you’ve ever longed for someone. There are several ways to express longing in Hebrew. The basic, more well-known word is גַּעֲגוּעִים (gah-ah-goo-EEM). In verb form, this is לְהִתְגַעֲגֵע (leh-heet-gah-ah-GHEH-ah). You can learn how to use this intensive-reflexive התפעל (heet-pah-EL) verb…
A narrator is someone who reads or calls out a storyline. To read or to call out, in Hebrew, is לִקְרוֹא (leek-ROH). Likewise, to tell a story is לְסַפֵּר (le-sah-PEHR). A narrator or an announcer (such as on the radio) is a קַרְיָן (kahr-YAHN) for a male, and a קַרְיָנִית (kahr-yah-NEET) for a female. By contrast, the narrator voice in a story…
תְּעַדְכֵּן אׂתִי Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, we use the term to update mostly when discussing the news and professionally-related topics. In Hebrew, however, it’s used in lieu of the everyday expressions let me know and keep me posted. The word is לְעַדְכֵּן , an active-intensive verb of the four-letter root ע.ד.כ.נ (a.d.k.n)….
יציאה The Hebrew root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) carries the concept of leaving or exiting. יְצִיאָה (ye-tsee-AH) most often refers to an exit, such as in this photo: But יציאה also refers to an exodus, such as יְצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם (ye-tsee-AHT meets-RAH-yeem – Egypt). Likewise, those who exited a particular land on their way to the…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…