[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /]עִסְקָה If a business is an עסק [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-2.m4a” /] and business in the general sense is עסקים [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-3.m4a” /] – literally, businesses, then a business deal is an עסקה [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /] For example: היינו כל כך קרובים לסגור את העסקה.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-4.m4a” /] We were so close to closing the deal. In…
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…
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אוֹטוֹ, מְכוֹנִית, רֶכֶב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? 1. In contemporary English we say car, but way back when, people used to call their cars automobiles. One of Hebrew’s three words for car is an abbreviation of that word: אוֹטוֹ listen and repeat. Take the opening line from this children’s song…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /]כַּתָּבָה, מַאֲמָר Hebrew has two words for article of the type you’ll see in a newspaper or website: כתבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /] and מאמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /]. כתבה comes from the root כ.ת.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /] meaning writing. It refers to articles that present readers with information so that they form their own conclusions. For example:…
having trouble seeing the print? מַסְטוּל, מְסֻמָּם listen and repeat Despite political differences, Jews and Arabs have been exchanging cultural ideas and linguistic features for generations, so that much of Hebrew slang comes from Arabic (here’s a partial list). One word borrowed is that for high or drunk: מַסְטוּל listen and repeat when referring…