Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]אָפוּי To bake, in Hebrew, is the simple verb לאפות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]. Its root is א.פ.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]: the ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /], a weak letter, becomes a ו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /] or י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /] in various formations, as in the word אפוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /] – baked. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/אפוי-#.m4a” /]הם מכינים דג אפוי…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/טעימה-#.m4a” /]טְעִימָה You may know the Hebrew word for tasty – טעים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/טעימה-#.m4a” /] for something grammatically masculine, and טעימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/טעימה-#.m4a” /] for something feminine. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/טעימה-#.m4a” /]איזה סלט טעים! What a tasty salad! Anticlimactically, Hebrew doesn’t have a word for delicious, so we just say מאוד טעים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/טעימה-#.m4a” /] – very tasty. What about…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /]בּוֹא נְקַוֶּוה As you may recognize from Israel’s national anthem, the Hebrew word for hope is תקווה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to hope is לקוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/בוא-נקווה-#.m4a” /]אני מקווה שאתם צופים גם בסרטון (ראו למטה). I hope you also watch the video (see below). To say, let’s hope, use one of the…