[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ביצועי-שיא-1.m4a” /]בִּצּוּעֵי שִׂיא Yesterday we saw that a peak – of a mountain, for example – is פסגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ביצועי-שיא-2.m4a” /]. But when talking about a person achieving peak performance, Hebrew does not use the metaphor of a peak, but rather the word for record: the term is ביצועי שיא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ביצועי-שיא-1.m4a” /] – literally, record performances. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ביצועי-שיא-3.m4a” /]היא מאמנת…
להזדהות If you’ve made aliyah, you surely know the term for ID card – תְּעוּדַת זֶהוּת (teh-oo-DAHT zeh-HOOT). The root of זהות – identity – is ז.ה.ה (z.h.h). To identity with someone or something is לְהִזְדָּהוֹת (leh-heez-dah-HOHT). For example, הוּא מִזְדָּהֶה עִם הָעָם הַיְּהוּדִי (hoo meez-dah-HEH eem hah-AHM hah-yeh-hoo-DEE) – he identifies with the Jewish…
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להעיז-1.m4a” /]לְהָעִיז I attended an all-boys high school – it housed nearly double the testosterone found at a coed school, with the grief caused to staff following a similar proportion. One time, several boys from another class decided to play a daring prank on a teacher: they lifted his car from his normal spot in the parking lot and moved…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-1.m4a” /]שֶׁלֶט עֲצֹר The term for stop sign they teach in Israeli drivers education is תמרור עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-2.m4a” /] – literally, stop signpost. However, most Israelis call that red and white hand symbol שלט עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-1.m4a” /] – stop sign, where שלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-3.m4a” /] means posted sign just like any other, and !עצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלט-עצור-4.m4a” /] is the imperative (command)…