how to say “coexistence” in Hebrew

how to say “coexistence” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/דו-קיום-#.m4a” /]דּוּ-קִיּוּם Here’s a buzzword: דו-קיום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/דו-קיום-#.m4a” /] means coexistence, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/דו-קיום-#.m4a” /]בירושלים וחיפה יש דוגמאות מובהקות של דו-קיום. In Jerusalem and Haifa there are salient examples of coexistence. -דו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/דו-קיום-#.m4a” /] means co- or bi-, as in דו-לשוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/דו-קיום-#.m4a” /] – bilingual. קיום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/דו-קיום-#.m4a” /] is one of the words for existence, of…

how to say “truth” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /]אֱמֶת If you’ve got some basic Hebrew or Judaic background, you’re bound to know this word: אמת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /] – truth. It appears in such expressions as: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /]באמת? Really? and  [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /]להגיד לך את האמת… To tell you the truth… But do you know how to say truths? It’s אמיתות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /],…

how to say “to take place” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְקַיֵּם Hebrew has several words for to take place, but the most generic and useful one is להתקיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]מתי תתקיים ההרצאה? When will the lecture take place? להתקיים is a התפעל verb of the root ק.ו.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /] meaning standing or rising: something that takes place is as…

והאמת – And the Truth

ByAmi Steinberger
Shlomo Artzi [yikes-mailchimp form="1" description="1" submit="Subscribe Free"] Play the video, and type what you hear. Show me the Hebrew! והאמת / שאין אמת אחת והצדק עף בין הידיים. אני עומד בגבול בת ים לבד, והאמת מתעתעת בי. מכסה דמעות רוצה לחזור, אל הבית בו מזמן התחלתי, כמו ילד טוב אל זרועות אמו, אל האמת שבה...
how to say “lecture” in Hebrew

how to say “lecture” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/הרצאה-#.m4a” /]הַרְצָאָה Like yesterday’s word מובהק [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/הרצאה-#.m4a” /], the Hebrew word for lecture – הרצאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/הרצאה-#.m4a” /] – first appears in Mishnaic Hebrew.  But here it is in a modern context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/הרצאה-#.m4a” /]בהרצאה שלה היא מצביעה על דוגמאות מובהקות של הצלחה. In her lecture, she points to salient examples of success. הרצאה…