Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]שְׁנוֹת הַשְּׁמוֹנִים While the Hebrew word for eight is שמונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] (or שמונָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] if what we’re counting are masculine nouns), eighty is שמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /]הוא צודק שמונים אחוז מהזמן. He’s right eighty percent of the time. The eighties is שנות השמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שנות-השמונים-#.mp3″ /] – literally, the years…

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/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְאַפֵּק להתאפק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /] (a התפעל verb) is to resist in the sense of abstaining from acting on an impulse. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /]הילד לא הצליח להתאפק ואכל את שאר העוגה. The boy couldn’t (didn’t succeed to) resist and ate the rest of the cake. Likewise, restraint is איפוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /], as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]הֲפִיכָה While מהפכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a full-on revolution, הפיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a coup or a forced replacement of the government. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]לפני עשרים ואחת שנה היה ניסיון להפיכה ברוסיה הסובייטית. Twenty one years ago there was an attempt at a coup in Soviet Russia. Both מהפכה and הפיכה…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /]דָּחוּף While חשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] means important, דחוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] means urgent. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /]תחזור אלי מתי שתוכל – זה לא דחוף. Get back to me when you can – it isn’t urgent. דחוף comes from the root ד.ח.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] meaning pushing – something urgent gets “pushed” to the top…