[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /]זֶה לֹא בּוֹעֵר I’m in a rush in Hebrew is אני ממהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] if you’re male and אני ממהרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] if you’re female. But for there’s no rush, Hebrew has a more colorful, flagrant expression: זה לא בוער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] – literally, it’s not burning. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /]שרה, את יכולה לשלוח…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אישיות-#.m4a” /]אִישִׁיּוּת Though אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אישיות-#.m4a” /] refers to today to human being and גבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אישיות-#.m4a” /] is the most commonly-used word for man, איש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אישיות-#.m4a” /] is the most basic Hebrew word for man. The word’s counterpart is אישה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אישיות-#.m4a” /], the basic word for woman in biblical as well as modern times. So it could be…
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/צרעה-1.m4a” /]צִרְעָה The Hebrew word for a bee is דבורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-2.m4a” /]. But the larger, perhaps more intimidating species is צרעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-1.m4a” /] – wasp or hornet (which is also called a דבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-3.m4a” /]). Though in Biblical Hebrew this insect appears in the generic plural form הצרעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-4.m4a” /], Modern Hebrew uses the plural form צרעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-5.m4a”…
[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,…
having trouble seeing the print? תִּזְכּוֹרֶת Get to Know Our Full Conversational-Hebrew Program If you already know a bit of Hebrew, you’re bound to know the word for to remember – לִזְכּוֹר, an active-simple פָּעַל verb of the root ז.כ.ר (z.k.r). One of the words that the root ז.כ.ר generates is מַזְכֶּרֶת– souvenir (see earlier entry). Another is…