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having trouble seeing the print? לִתְהוֹת Class Starts April 7 In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv DISCOUNT DEADLINE MARCH 24! The Hebrew word for to wonder is לִתְהוֹת . In English, we use the verb to wonder to express not only genuine wonder, but also to make a polite request, such as I was wondering whether you’d be able to pick me…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נגמרו-1.m4a” /]נִגְמְרוּ, אָזְלוּ It’s late at night and you’ve got a craving for cookies. You go to the local 24-hour store to buy a box of your favorite kind, but you look on the shelf and your cookies are nowhere to be found. Looking you apologetically in the eye, the guy at the checkout…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/עם-כל-הכבוד-#.m4a” /]עִם כָּל הַכָּבוֹד You may know the congratulatory Hebrew phrase, כל הכבוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/עם-כל-הכבוד-#.m4a” /] – literally, all the respect (to you). If so, the expression in this post should be easy for you to adopt: עם כל הכבוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/עם-כל-הכבוד-#.m4a” /] – with all (due) respect. For example, Talia’s mother might say to her somewhat facetiously:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /]אִי-נְעִימוּת Unpleasantness is a dictionary word in English, but it’s hardly used – unlike its Hebrew counterpart אי-נעימות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /], an expression that is very much alive in Israeli culture. For example, at the Ben Gurion airport, you’ll hear something like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-2.m4a” /]נא להימנע מאי-נעימות מיותרת הכרוכה בגרירת רכב. Please avoid unnecessary…
