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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /]בִּמְהִירוּת הָאוֹר Light, in Hebrew, is אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /], and speed is מהירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /]. You may recognize the root of מהירות from the word מהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /] – quickly or fast. The speed of light is מהירות האור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /], and at the speed of light is במהירות האור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/במהירות-האור-#.m4a” /]. For example:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]הַשְׁרָאָה The Hebrew word for inspiration is השראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]ל”ג בעומר הוא יום של השראה. Lag Baomer is a day of inspiration. Likewise, בהשראת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /] is inspired by or with the inspiration of, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]הוא כתב את השיר בהשראת סיפור של עגנון. He wrote the song…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /]יוֹם רָגִיל The Hebrew word for day is יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /], while the word for regular is רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /]. Thus, a regular day is יום רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/יום-רגיל-#.m4a” /]איך היה היום שלי? מה אני אגיד, היה יום רגיל. How was my day? What can (will) I say? It was a regular…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /]נוֹרְמָלִיּוּת The Hebrew word for normal is נורמלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /], adding the י-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /] ending to the borrowed word נורמל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /], thus making it an adjective. To create the word normalcy, we add the יות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נורמליות-#.m4a” /] ending (just as English adds -ness to the end of a word),…
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…