[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להוזיל-#.m4a” /]לְהוֹזִיל If you’ve spent even a few days in Israel, you probably came across the word זול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להוזיל-#.m4a” /] – cheap. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להוזיל-#.m4a” /]זה לא זול! This is not cheap! To lower prices – to make them cheaper – is להוזיל מחירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להוזיל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להוזיל-#.m4a” /]המוצר החדש הזה יוזיל את…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-1.m4a” /]אִיּוּם To threaten is לאיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-2.m4a” /], an active-intensive verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-3.m4a” /]החיזבאללה מאיימת ל… The Hizbollah is threatening to… Likewise, a threat is איום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-4.m4a” /]ישראל נמצאת תחת איום קיומי תמידי. Israel is under constant existential threat. What about feeling threatened? That’s להרגיש מאויים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-5.m4a” /], where…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]צִבְעוֹנִי If you’ve got some Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for color – צבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]מה הצבע האהוב עלייך, שרה? What’s your favorite color, Sarah? Colorful is צבעוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]איזה סגנון אתה מעדיף, דוד, צבעוני או חלק? Which style do…
שירות, עבדות Over thousands of years, word meanings can change within a language. Actually, even over a generation they can (I challenge you to come up with two examples right now of English words whose meanings have changed over the last generation – write them in the “comments” section below). In today’s language,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחץ-חברתי-1.m4a” /]לַחַץ חֶבְרָתִי The Hebrew word for pressure is לחץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחץ-חברתי-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחץ-חברתי-3.m4a” /]הוא נמצא תחת הרבה לחץ. He’s under a lot of pressure. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחץ-חברתי-4.m4a” /]הכנתי את העוף בסיר לחץ. I prepared the chicken in a pressure cooker. Peer pressure, in Hebrew, is לחץ חברתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחץ-חברתי-1.m4a” /] – literally, social pressure….
having trouble seeing the print? מִלָּה יוֹמִית Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… Technically speaking, the word of the day is מִלַּת הַיּוֹם (mee-LAHT hah-YOHM), in Hebrew. It’s an instance of סְמִיכוּת (seh-mee-KHOOT) – grammatical juxtaposition, the kind of structure where in English you’d use the word of to connect two things: so מילת היום is literally, the…