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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]אוֹרֶךְ וְרוֹחַב The Hebrew word for long is ארוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /], while wide is רחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]החדר הזה ארוך אבל לא מספיק רחב. This room is long but not wide enough. Length is אורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /], while width is רוחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]מה אורך החדר? מה רחבו?…

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/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /]דְּמוּת פִיקְטִיבִית The literal meaning of דמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /] is image, but in Modern Hebrew the word has come to mean a character as well, so that דמות פיקטיבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /] is a fictional character. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /]רובין הוד הוא דמות פיקטיבית. Robin Hood is a fictional character. דמות comes from the root ד.מ.ה[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /]לֹא הָיָה וְלֹא נִבְרָא To express that something never took place, you could say זה אף פעם לא קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /] or זה מעולם לא קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /]. But Hebrew has a more special expression for this: לא היה ולא נברא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לא-היה-ולא-נברא-#.m4a” /] – literally, it was not and was never created. For…