having trouble seeing the print? צִיּוּר Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. As a child, I loved to draw. So did my Hebrew teacher, my father. So among my first verbs growing up was to draw in English and לְצַיֵּר (leh-tsah-YEHR) in Hebrew. לצייר also means to paint a picture (not a building – that’s…
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 . 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!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחצות-את-הכביש-1.m4a” /]לַחֲצוֹת אֶת הַכְּבִישׂ In English, street is the generic term for any thoroughfare, with words such as road, avenue, boulevard for more specific ones. In Hebrew, the generic term is כביש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחצות-את-הכביש-2.m4a” /] – literally, road. Thus to cross the street is לחצות את הכביש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחצות-את-הכביש-1.m4a” /]. The word לחצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחצות-את-הכביש-3.m4a” /] itself comes from the root ח.צ.י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחצות-את-הכביש-4.m4a”…
having trouble seeing the print? נְשׁוֹת הַכֹּתֶל The Women of the Wall have been making the news on a monthly basis (at the opening or head of the (Jewish) month – רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ) for the past while. Their official Hebrew name, a direct translation, is נְשׁוֹת הַכֹּתֶל Now, the phrase נשות הכותל (where כותלrefers to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /]תַּעֲצוֹם עֵינַיִים The generic Hebrew word for to close is לסגור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /], a פעל verb. But for closing eyes (עיניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /]), there’s a special verb: לעצום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /] – also a פעל verb. So to close (one’s) eyes is לעצום עיניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/תעצום-עיניים-#.m4a” /]. Now suppose you’re putting a child to bed. If she’s a…
On Sunday morning, I’m doing a demo lesson of Ulpan La-Inyan in Raanana at Telfed (if you’re thinking of attending, let us know!). The Hebrew word for demonstration when speaking of demonstrating an item or service is הַדְגָּמָה (hahd-gah-MAH). The root is ד.ג.מ (d.g.m), which is the concept of sampling. So I’m doing a…