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daily video – how to say “night gown” in Hebrew

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To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

daily video – how to say “grapefruit” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “haste makes waste” in Hebrew

how to say “haste makes waste” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]הַחִפָּזוֹן מֵהַשָּׂטָן Speaking of the devil, the Hebrew expression for haste makes waste invokes that angel of trouble: החיפזון מהשטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /] – literally, haste is from the devil. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]זה לא יצליח. החיפזון מהשטן. It won’t succeed. Haste is from the devil. This expression finds its roots in Arabic: العَجَلَةُ…

how to say “can I have a sip?” in Hebrew

how to say “can I have a sip?” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /]אֶפְשָׁר שְׁלוּק? לְגִימָה? To sip, in Hebrew, is the simple verb ללגום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /]. Thus a sip is לגימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /]אחרי לגימה ארוכה של אספרסו היא הרגישה מוכנה ליום הארוך שלפניה. After a long sip of espresso she felt ready for the long day ahead of her. But…

daily video – how to say “to play tag” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio, start playing the video and then click the settings icon at the bottom-right of the video and change the playback speed. תמליל של הכתוביות בעברית אהלן חברים יקרים הצוות שלי עכשיו עשה לי בית ספר על מה זה משחקי ילדים בישראל כי אני הרי גדלתי בלוס אנג'לס אז אני הכרתי...

how to say “narrator” or “announcer” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  A narrator is someone who reads or calls out a storyline. To read or to call out, in Hebrew, is לִקְרוֹא (leek-ROH). Likewise, to tell a story is לְסַפֵּר (le-sah-PEHR). A narrator or an announcer (such as on the radio) is a קַרְיָן (kahr-YAHN) for a male, and a קַרְיָנִית (kahr-yah-NEET) for a female.   By contrast, the narrator voice in a story…