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daily video – how to say “impossible” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 2, 2021August 1, 2021

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 “definitely” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 18, 2020March 17, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בהחלט-#.m4a” /]בְּהֶחְלֵט Like English, Hebrew has many words for expressing certainty and self assurance. One of these is בהחלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בהחלט-#.m4a” /] – definitely. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בהחלט-#.m4a” /]זאת בהחלט תקופה קשה. This is definitely a difficult time. If you’ve seen the TV series Shtisel, you’ve heard one of the main characters, Shulem, saying בהחלט…

how do you say “broadcast” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger June 6, 2010November 5, 2018

שידור The word שִׁדּוּר (shee-DOOR) means a broadcast, like the kind done over TV or the radio. A שידור חָי (shee-DOOR KHAH-ee) is a live broadcast. לְשַׁדֵּר (le-shah-DEHR) means to broadcast. It follows the same grammatical structure as לְדַבֵּר (le-dah-BEHR) – notice that the two words have the same vowel points. And…

how to say “an appeal” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger November 28, 2019November 28, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/עתירה-#.m4a” /]עֲתִירָה Suppose someone has lost a court case. They may still wish to appeal though. In Hebrew, that’s להגיש עתירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/עתירה-#.m4a” /] – to submit an appeal, where עתירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/עתירה-#.m4a” /] means appeal. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/עתירה-#.m4a” /]הם הגישו עתירה לבג”ץ (בית המשפט הגבוה לצדק). They submitted an appeal to Bagatz (Supreme Court…

how to say “dam” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 20, 2020October 15, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /]סֶכֶר No, not damn. Dam – that thing that stops water from flowing. In Hebrew it’s a סכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /], whose three letter root ס.כ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /] is almost identical to that of lockdown (the idea of stopping activity) – סגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /], whose root is ס.ג.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /]. The roots are so close that…

how to say “awareness” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 28, 2013October 28, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? מוּדָעוּת Many would argue that modernity brought with it an increase in self awareness among individuals. Others would say that such awareness has been lessened in our time (maybe we’ll debate it in the advanced conversation group I’m starting to teach tonight in Jerusalem). In any case, the Hebrew word for…

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