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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/תחבורה-ציבורית-#.m4a” /]תַּחְבּוּרָה צִבּוּרִית Here’s a completely modern expression with ancient roots. The root ח.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/תחבורה-ציבורית-#.m4a” /], appearing already in the stories of Abraham, means connection. Modern Hebrew took the root, plugged it into a common structure and came up with תחבורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/תחבורה-ציבורית-#.m4a” /] – transportation, or a system of connecting point A and point B. ציבורי[audioclip…

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/2019/01/לשבץ-#.m4a” /]לְשַׁבֵּץ Think about a checkerboard: it’s got black and white alternating little square boxes, all together creating a much larger checkered square: A spreadsheet also has little boxes that together make up a larger shape. Each of these little boxes – on a checkerboard and on a spreadsheet – is called a משבצת[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]חֻלְצָה מְשֻׁבֶּצֶת Like יותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /] – more, we teach the word for shirt – חולצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /] – in the first few lessons of our program. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]איזו חולצה יפה! What a nice shirt! A plaid shirt is חולצה משובצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חולצה-משובצת-#.m4a” /]פעם חולצה משובצת הייתה באופנה, אבל היום פחות….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /]פָּחוֹת The word for more – יותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /] – is among the first 50 words we teach in our program, partly because it appears in the super-useful expression יותר מדי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /] – too much, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /]זה יותר מדי כסף! It’s too much money! The word for less – פחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פחות-#.m4a” /]…