having trouble seeing the print?
having trouble seeing the print? מֻזְהָב, מֻכְסָף What is Ulpan La-Inyan? If you know some Hebrew, you’re probably familiar with the words for gold and silver – זָהָבand כֶּסֶף, respectively. (כסף is also the standard word for money.) But you may not know what to call something made of gold or made of silver. These are מֻזְהָבand מֻכְסָף, respectively, when referring…
לְצַיֵּת When driving a car, it’s most important to obey traffic laws. In Hebrew, you the italicized text above is זֶה חָשוּב בְּיוֹתֵר לְצַיֵּת לְחֻקֵּי הַנְּהִיגָה (zeh khah-SHOOV beh-yoh-TEHR leh-tsah-YET leh-khoo-KEH-ee hah-neh-hee-GAH). The word for to obey is לציית, an active-intensive פיעל verb. A Hebrew learning tool I highly recommend:
גְּבִירָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבירה-1.mp3″ /] Last week I posted about what a man is called Hebrew. I said that while Hebrew has three common words for this, it only has one for woman – אִשָּׁה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבירה-2.mp3″ /]. Several people emailed me, asking why I did not include the word גְּבֶרֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גבירה-3.mp3″ /] as another way…
אַב טִיפּוּס The Hebrew word for type is טיפוס, which comes from the Ancient Greek and Latin (so does type). A prototype – the first attempt of a product – is אב טיפוס – literally father type. For example: שנתיים כבר הם עובדים על אב הטיפוס. They’ve been working on the prototype for two years already. More…
