Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /]שָׁנָה חֲדָשָׁה The word שנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] – year – is grammatically feminine, which means that the words describing it also need to be grammatically feminine. So that while סרט חדש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] is a new movie – where סרט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] is masculine – שנה חדשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/שנה-חדשה-#.m4a” /] is a new year, where חדשה[audioclip…

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/2021/08/תן-בראש-#.m4a” /]תֵּן בָּרֹאשׁ People wish each other luck and success in English with expressions like give ’em hell and knock ’em dead. Hebrew uses this slang expression: תן בראש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תן-בראש-#.m4a” /] – literally, give in the head (proverbially involving a fist). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תן-בראש-#.m4a” /]יש לך מבחן מחר? תן בראש! You’ve got an exam…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לקנא-#.m4a” /]לְקַנֵּא Like most of the emotions, to be jealous or to envy is a verb in Hebrew – the פיעל verb לקנא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לקנא-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לקנא-#.m4a” /]איזה צרות יש לו – אני לא מקנא בו. What problems he has – I (a male) don’t envy him. The word for jealousy is קנאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לקנא-#.m4a” /]….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/אתה-איתי-#.m4a” /]אַתָּה אִיתִּי? When Israelis ask are you with me? – ?אתה איתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/אתה-איתי-#.m4a” /] to a male, ?את איתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/אתה-איתי-#.m4a” /] to a female, and ?אתם איתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/אתה-איתי-#.m4a” /] to more than one person – they mean, are you connected to me, or is your mind somewhere else? For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/אתה-איתי-#.m4a” /]טוב,…