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.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חג-השבועות-1.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם וְחַג שָׁבֻעוֹת שָׂמֵחַ!
Shabbat Shalom, and happy Shavuot holiday!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]מִשְׁלוֹחַ חִנָּם To send is לשלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, a delivery, as well as shipping – that which is sent – is משלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]כמה עולה המשלוח? How much is the shipping? Free in the sense of zero payment, in Hebrew, is חינם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. Thus free delivery is משלוח חינם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /]כֵּהֶה עוֹר חשוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /] means dark when referring to darkness – the absence of light. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /]חשוך פה. It’s dark (in) here. כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /], however, refers to dark as distinguished from a light or bright color, so that כהה עור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /] means dark-skinned when referring to a male, while כהת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-1.m4a” /]אִחוּד Looking at the word at hand today, איחוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-1.m4a” /], you may spot the word אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-2.m4a” /] – one. איחוד, unification, derives from the active-intensive verb לאחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-3.m4a” /] – to unite. Referring to the reunification of Jerusalem that took place 50 years ago in the wake of the Six Day War, Hebrew uses the term…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גשם-שוטף-1.m4a” /]יוֹרֵד גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף In Hebrew, we call a downpour גשם שוטף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גשם-שוטף-2.m4a” /] – literally, flowing or washing rain. It’s raining in Hebrew is יורד גשם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גשם-שוטף-3.m4a” /] – literally, rain is coming down. So it’s pouring rain or, if you will, it’s raining cats and dogs, is יורד גשם שוטף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גשם-שוטף-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גשם-שוטף-4.m4a” /]אתמול ירד גשם…