Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

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/2021/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]אֱגוֹז קָשֶׁה לְפִיצּוּחַ While בוטנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] are peanuts and שקדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] are almonds, the generic word for nuts is אגוזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]. Someone particularly stubborn might be called in English a hard nut to crack – in Hebrew they’d be called אגוז קשה לפיצוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]ניסינו וניסינו לשכנע אותה,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]לִשְׁפּוֹךְ אוֹר To pour or to spill in Hebrew is the simple verb לשפוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]אוי, שפכתי את החלב! Oh no, I spilled the milk! To shed light in Hebrew is literally to spill light – לשפוך אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]הגיעו ראיות חדשות ששופכות אור על…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /]מוּאָר הֵיטֵב While to light something such as a candle or an incandescent bulb is להדליק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /], to light up or to brighten is להאיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /]. Both these words are הפעיל verbs, the first from the root ד.ל.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /] and the second from the three-letter word אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /] meaning light. Something lit-up is מואר[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לפתור-#.m4a” /]לִפְתּוֹר A solution, in Hebrew, is פתרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לפתור-#.m4a” /] (proper but less common pronunciation is פתְרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לפתור-#.m4a” /]), as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לפתור-#.m4a” /]אני מצטער, אבל אין לי פתרון לבעיה הזאת. I’m sorry, but I don’t have a solution for this problem. To solve is לפתור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לפתור-#.m4a” /], a פעל verb. For example: [audioclip…