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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]בֶּן אֵנְד גֶּ’רִיס Like many foreign brand names, Ben & Jerry’s gets translated (well, transliterated) as בן אנד ג’ריס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]. But there’s another option for translating the brand name: בן את ג’רי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /]. Why? Isn’t את[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/בן-אנד-גריס-#.m4a” /] that annoying word that doesn’t have an English translation? Yes and no. את…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /]לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹב, לְהֵיטִיב To do good is literally לעשות טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /], where לעשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /] means to do and טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /] means good. There’s another word – להיטיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /] – which means to do good or to do something well. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להיטיב-#.m4a” /]המסלול הזה נועד למיטיבי לכת. This trail is meant for…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]עוֹתֶק, הֶעְתֵּק To copy in Hebrew is להעתיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb of the root ע.ת.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]אסור להעתיק תשובות במבחן! You’re (it’s) not allowed to copy answers on the exam! What about a copy? There are two words for this: עותק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /] and העתק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]….
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/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /]קֶשֶׁת The word for rainbow is קשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /]הם לבושים בבגדים מכל צבעי הקשת. They’re dressed in clothing of all the colors of the rainbow. Though at the first place the word קשת appears in the Bible it means rainbow, the word probably first meant simply bow, the type that people use…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /]מֶזֶג אֲוִויר סְתָוִוי The Hebrew word for autumn or fall is סתיו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /], so autumnal or fall-like is סתווי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /]מזג האוויר השתנה ומתחיל להיות סתווי. The weather has changed and it’s starting to be fall-like. As for the other seasons, here’s a glossary: חורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /] – winter; חורפי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a”…