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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /]לְמַלֵּא To fill something up is למלא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /]דוד, מילאת דלק? David, did you fill up gas? and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /]הוא מילא את הבקבוק במיץ תפוזים. He filled up the bottle with orange juice. You may have heard Israelis saying למלאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/למלא-#.m4a” /] instead of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרד-הפנים-#.m4a” /]מִשְׂרַד הַפְּנִים The Hebrew word for office – משרד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרד-הפנים-#.m4a” /] – doubles as ministry, as in the Ministry of Health – משרד הבריאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרד-הפנים-#.m4a” /], and the Ministry of Interior – משרד הפְּנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרד-הפנים-#.m4a” /]. Now, note the pronunciation of הפְּנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרד-הפנים-#.m4a” /] here. It’s not הפָּנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרד-הפנים-#.m4a” /] – the face; that would…
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/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]נִינִים The Hebrew word for granddaughter is נכדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /], while grandson is נכד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]. But what about great grandchildren? Those are נינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /] for a girl and נין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /] for a boy, while more than one great grandchild are נינים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]היא הייתה בת שמונים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]חֲנִינָה Pardon, to English speakers from countries of the British Commonwealth, could mean excuse me (in Hebrew, סליחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]). But to Americans, pardon generally means one thing – getting off the hook for a crime. The Hebrew word for pardon in this sense is חנינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/חנינה-#.m4a” /]רק…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a” /]תְּעַדְכֵּן אוֹתִי In English, when we want someone to update us about something, say, the date of a party or whether plane tickets are available, we might say let me know or keep me posted. In Hebrew, we use a future-tense form of לעדכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a” /] – to update. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a”…