[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-1.m4a” /]נַעֲלֵי רִיצָה, נַעֲלֵי סְפּוֹרְט If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for shoes – נעליים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-2.m4a” /]. But there are different types of shoes, such as נעלי ריקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-3.m4a” /] – dancing shoes, נעלי ריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-4.m4a” /] – running shoes and נעלי טניס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-5.m4a” /] – tennis shoes. Israelis are likely to call any…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
רִיצָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? With the Tel Aviv marathon this week and the Jerusalem one next month, now’s a good time to do a piece on running – רִיצָה . Look at the second letter in ריצה (reading from right to left). It’s a י , which functions much like…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלישייה-1.m4a” /]שְׁלִישִׁיָּה The Hebrew word for male or male-female twins is תאומים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלישייה-2.m4a” /], so that in the singular, a twin might say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלישייה-3.m4a” /]יש לי אח תאום. I have a twin brother. or [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלישייה-4.m4a” /]יש לי אחות תאומה. I have a twin sister. Triplets are a שלישייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלישייה-1.m4a” /] – literally, a trio…
The Hebrew word for service is שירות. It comes straight from Biblical Hebrew, where people would serve in the Tabernacle and the Temple. What about customer service? That’s שירות לקוחות, as in: אנחנו מתגאים בשירות הלקוחות שלנו. We are proud of our customer service. לקוחות is the plural of לקוח – a customer… or literally, a taker.