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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הולך-רגל-#.m4a” /]הוֹלֵךְ רֶגֶל The English word pedestrian comes from Latin – it isn’t a word readily understood by people just starting to learn English. Hebrew’s expression, on the other hand, is more accessible: הולך רגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הולך-רגל-#.m4a” /] – literally, foot walker. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הולך-רגל-#.m4a” /]יש שם מעבר להולכי רגל. There’s a pedestrians’ crossing over there.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/בכל-רגע-נתון-#.m4a” /]בְּכָל רֶגַע נָתוּן The Hebrew word for a moment is רגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/בכל-רגע-נתון-#.m4a” /]. You may recognize it from: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/בכל-רגע-נתון-#.m4a” /]רק רגע! Just a moment! In the phrase בכל רגע נתון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/בכל-רגע-נתון-#.m4a” /], the word רגע functions as time: the phrase means at any given time, or literally, at every given moment. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/בכל-רגע-נתון-#.m4a” /]בכל…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הערה-#.m4a” /]הֶעָרָה וְהֶאָרָה Nobody likes taking criticism. Even the ones that do would rather learn the easy way if given the choice. That’s why when Israelis talk about comments (in other words, corrections), they sometimes add a word that sounds just like the one for comments, to soften the blow: a comment is הערה[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/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /]מִבְצָע צְבָאִי The Hebrew word for army is צבא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /]. It’s part of the name of the Israel Defense Forces – צבא ההגנה לישראל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /] (literally, the Army of Defense of/for Israel). Something military is צבאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /]בדיוק עברנו ליד בסיס צבאי. We just passed a military base. How…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/כיפת-ברזל-#.m4a” /]כִּיפַּת בַּרְזֶל If you had to deal with hostile neighbors shooting rockets at you from their children’s bedroom, what would you do? Part of Israel’s answer has been to develop the Iron Dome defense system, which has a 90% success rate in intercepting rockets, many of which are fired from Hamas bases in…