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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/2020/08/להודות-#.m4a” /]לְהוֹדוֹת The Hebrew word for to thank or to give thanks is להודות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להודות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להודות-#.m4a” /]אני רוצה להודות לכם על הערב הנהדר הזה. I want to thank you guys for this great evening. להודות also means to acknowledge and to admit: when we give thanks, we are acknowledging what someone else has…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְבַּטֵּא One could use להביע את עצמו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] to mean to express oneself, but the more common expression is the התפעל verb להתבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]היא מתבטאת בצורה כובשת. She expresses herself in a captivating way. Sometimes להתבטא substitutes לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] – to speak – as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a”…