Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מרכז-העיר-1.m4a” /]מֶרְכַּז הָעִיר Growing up in LA where Downtown is not exactly the center of the action, I wasn’t exposed to the concept of a city center until I traveled as an adult. Even visiting Tel Aviv, there was Dizengoff, but a city center? I didn’t quite get the concept until I saw Europe. In Hebrew,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מראש-1.m4a” /]מֵרֹאשׁ The word ראש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מראש-2.m4a” /] – head – also means first or beginning in Hebrew. Take for example ראש השנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מראש-3.m4a” /] – Rosh Hashanah (the head/first of the year), בראש ובראשונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מראש-4.m4a” /] – first and foremost (literally, at the head and at the first) and ראשית המאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מראש-5.m4a” /] – the head/beginning of the century. So in advance or ahead…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-1.m4a” /]אוֹפְּצְיָה, אֶפְשָׁרוּת Like many words that don’t appear in the Bible or the Mishnah,, the word option came to Modern Hebrew as אופציה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-3.m4a” /]יש לכם שתי אופציות. You guys have two options. A more authentically-Hebrew word, though, is אפשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-4.m4a” /], deriving from the word אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-5.m4a” /] meaning possible….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קנה-1.m4a” /]קְנֵה עַכְשָׁו If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you likely know the words עכשיו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קנה-2.m4a” /] – now (though you may not have known how to spell it) and the simple verb לקנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קנה-3.m4a” /] – to buy. To ask someone to buy something for you, you might use the future tense: [audioclip…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-1.m4a” /]כַּדּוּר In Hebrew, the word for pill, ball and bullet are all the same: כדור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-1.m4a” /]. Here’s an example of the first on the list: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-2.m4a” /]היא התחילה לקחת כדורי שינה. She started taking sleeping pills. While we’re at it, here are examples of the other usages of כדור: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-3.m4a” /]הם משחקים…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רסק-תפוחים-1.m4a” /]רֶסֶק תַּפּוּחִים If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for apple – תפוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רסק-תפוחים-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רסק-תפוחים-3.m4a” /]התפוח לא נופל רחוק מהעץ. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. What about sauce in apple sauce? That’s רסק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-6.m4a” /], which means literally puree: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רסק-תפוחים-5.m4a” /]הרופא אמר לי לאכול רסק…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-1.m4a” /]יוֹם מַחֲלָה Over the past week everyone in my office got sick, each for different reasons. Surprising, since it’s August. Someone sick or ill is חולֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-2.m4a” /] if he’s a male and חולָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-3.m4a” /] if she’s a female. Going with the same ח.ל.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-7.m4a” /] root, sickness or illness is מחלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-מחלה-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…

Yesterday’s Dose was not sent out due to technical difficulties. Here it is, so that you can catch up! [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קלקול-קיבה-1.m4a” /]קִלְקוּל קֵבָה Yesterday we saw the word for stomach – בטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קלקול-קיבה-2.m4a” /]. This word refers to the stomach as seen from the outside, as well as the organ. Another word, קיבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קלקול-קיבה-3.m4a” /], refers…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-1.m4a” /]כּוֹאֶבֶת לִי הַבֶּטֶן You may know the Hebrew word for stomach or tummy – בטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-2.m4a” /]. But did you know that בטן is feminine? For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-3.m4a” /]הבטן שלי ריקה.  My stomach is empty. Note that ריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-4.m4a” /] is used, not ריק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-5.m4a” /]. Likewise: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כואבת-לי-הבטן-1.m4a” /]כואבת לי הבטן. My stomach…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…