Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חם-מהרגיל-#.m4a” /]חַם מֵהָרָגִיל It’s been unseasonably warm in Israel. When temperatures are higher than average like they have been, you’ll hear on the news חם מהרגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חם-מהרגיל-#.m4a” /] – literally, hotter than the regular. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חם-מהרגיל-#.m4a” /]השבוע יהיה חם מהרגיל לעונה. This week will be warmer than usual for the season. Cooler…

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/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /]מַחֲזֶמֶר מחזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] means a play or a display, and זמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] means song or singing. Modern Hebrew combined the two words, creating מחזמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /] – a musical. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחזמר-#.m4a” /]פנטום האופרה הוא מחזמר מצליח ביותר. The Phantom of the Opera is a very successful musical. In the plural מחזמר becomes…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]יִיחוּדִי מיוחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /] means special, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]היא אישה מיוחדת. She’s a special woman. The word’s root is י.ח.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /], closely related to א.ח.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /] meaning one. ייחודי, from the same root, means unique.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]כל אחד יקבל סיסמה ייחודית. Everyone will receive a unique password.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /]קַח וְסַע קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – take and go – isn’t super common. It’s in the motto of one of Israel’s shared car services: פשוט קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – literally, just take and go. But since it’s got two imperative (command) forms of super-common verbs, I figured it’s worth a Dose. קח[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לעשות-חיים-#.m4a” /]לַעֲשׂוֹת חַיִּים Israelis love life. That’s what put them at #12 this year in the World Happiness Report, and that’s the soul in the expression לעשות חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לעשות-חיים-#.m4a” /] – to have a good time, or literally, to make life. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לעשות-חיים-#.m4a” /]תעשו חיים. ואל תשכחו להוציא איתכם את הזבל! Have a good…