Weekly YDDH Review

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

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…

שיר השיירה – The Caravan Song

ByAmi Steinberger
Arik Einstein Performed by Idan Amedi with an appearance by Israel's President Reuven Rivlin [yikes-mailchimp form="1" description="1" submit="Subscribe Free"] Play the video, and type what you hear. Show me the Hebrew! בלשונות רבות מספור דיברנו וזה את זה כמעט בכלל שלא הכרנו ומקומות רבים מאוד עזבנו ורק מקום אחד רצינו ואהבנו ומקומות רבים מאוד עזבנו...
how to say “courtesy” in Hebrew

how to say “courtesy” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /]אֲדִיבוּת The word אדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – courteous comes to Hebrew via the Arabic word أديب[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] (adeeb), referring to a scholar, presumably a person of manners. When Eliezer Ben Yehuda coined this term, he must have had in mind the word נדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – generous, first appearing in Biblical Hebrew….

how to say “former prime minister” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה לְשֶׁעָבַר Hebrew’s term for prime minister means literally, head of government: ראש ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]. The prime minister is ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]ראש הממשלה ימסור הערב הצהרה לתקשורת. The prime minister will deliver, this evening, an announcement to the press. What about a former prime minister? That’s ראש ממשלה…

A Word Per Decade

ByAmi Steinberger
In honor of יום העצאמות[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/YH-2020-#.m4a" /] - Independence Day 2020, here's a word for each full decade of the State of Israel... and one for good luck. דרכון[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/YH-2020-#.m4a" /] - passport 1950s As soon as the State was established, Israelis started traveling abroad. In the 50s people still used the word פספורט[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/YH-2020-#.m4a"...

how to say “period of transition” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]תְּקוּפַת מַעֲבָר The Hebrew word מעבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /] means passage or aisle, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]לא לעמוד במעבר! No standing in the aisle! It also means transition, so that a period of transition is תקופת מעבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]כולנו עכשיו בתקופת מעבר. We’re all in a period of transition now. תקופת[audioclip…

how to say “remnant” in Hebrew

how to say “remnant” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]זֵכֶר While זיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have in our brains or hard drives, זכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have of someone or something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]לא נשאר מהם זכר. Not a remnant was left of them. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]יהי זכרם ברוך. May their…

how to say “vague recollection” in Hebrew

how to say “vague recollection” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /]זִכָּרוֹן מְעֻרְפָּל You may know the Hebrew word for memory – זיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /] – from יום הזיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /] – Memorial Day, which is coming up in Israel this week. A vague recollection or literally, a foggy memory, is זיכרון מעורפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /]יש לי זיכרון מעורפל של מה שקרה…

Weekly YDDH Review

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

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…