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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/על-חשבון-הבית-#.m4a” /]עַל חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַבַּיִת In English we just say on the house to invite someone to partake in goods free of charge. Hebrew gets more specific, with על חשבון הבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/על-חשבון-הבית-#.m4a” /] – literally, on the house’s account. For example [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/על-חשבון-הבית-#.m4a” /]צ’ייסרים היום על חשבון הבית! Chasers on the house today! חשבון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/על-חשבון-הבית-#.m4a” /] means…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /]חֲטִיבַת הַבֵּינַיִים Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew expression for high school is בית ספר תיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /]. There actually is another term – החטיבה העליונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /] – the upper division. Likewise, חטיבת הביניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חטיבת-הביניים-#.m4a” /] – meaning literally the division of between – is what Israelis use to refer to middle school. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]בֵּית סֵפֶר תִּיכוֹן The Hebrew expression for high school or upper school is בית ספר תיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /], or simply התיכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-תיכון-#.m4a” /]יש לך כבר ילד בתיכון?! You (a woman) already have a kid in high school?! If high school is the top of state-mandated education, why does Hebrew use…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /]בֵּית סֵפֶר יְסוֹדִי The Hebrew expression for school is בית ספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] – literally, house of book. The school is בית הספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /]. How about elementary school or primary school? That’s בית ספר יסודי,[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] where יסודי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] means elementary. People also shorten the expression to simply היסודי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/בית-ספר-יסודי-#.m4a” /] – the elementary, as…
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/2020/07/טיול-מאורגן-#.m4a” /]טִיּוּל מְאֻרְגָּן Remember when this existed? It’ll return one day. But while we’re waiting, let’s learn how to say it in Hebrew. טיול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/טיול-מאורגן-#.m4a” /] is a tour, usually an informal one, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/טיול-מאורגן-#.m4a” /]נסענו לטיול בצפון – ביקרנו בכל מעיין שרק היה אפשר. We went on a trip (tour) in the…