having trouble seeing the print? צְפִירָה Our Hebrew class starts Sunday! 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! A couple of hours ago, residents of Jerusalem may have been taken by surprise by the sound of a city-wide siren. This was a test. In any case, the Hebrew word for the sound of a siren is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עוד-מעט-#.m4a” /]עוֹד מְעַט, בְּקָרוֹב Hebrew has two ways of saying soon. Which one to choose depends on whether you want to sound casual or a bit formal. עוד מעט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עוד-מעט-#.m4a” /] is the more casual version. It means something like in a little bit (literally it’s a bit more). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עוד-מעט-#.m4a” /]סבלנות,…
אנוכיות If you know a bit of Hebrew, you’re familiar with the word אֲנִי (ah-NEE – I). A synonym for אני is אָנֹכִי (ah-noh-KHEE). It’s used in more formal contexts, when someone really want to draw attention to who’s talking (the royal me). Therefore, a Modern-Hebrew invention is the word אֲנוֹכִיוּת (ah-noh-khee-YOOT) – or…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /]עוֹבֵד זָר The Hebrew word for foreign is זר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] for something grammatically masculine, and זרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] for something feminine. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /]אני אוהב ללמוד שפות זרות. I like learning foreign languages. A foreign work is עובד זר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] if he’s male and עובדת זרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עובד-זר-#.m4a” /] if she’s female….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/תזמון-#.m4a” /]תִּזְמוּן, עִיתּוּי Hebrew has several words for time. The common one is זמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/תזמון-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/תזמון-#.m4a” /]אין לי זמן! I don’t have time! זמן yields the word תזמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/תזמון-#.m4a” /] – timing, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/תזמון-#.m4a” /]הגענו ביחד, בתזמון מושלם. We arrived together – (in) perfect timing. A fancier word for time is…