Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בצל-חי-#.m4a” /]בָּצָל חַי To express that vegetables are raw as in uncooked, Hebrew has two words: טרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בצל-חי-#.m4a” /] meaning fresh and חי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בצל-חי-#.m4a” /] meaning live. When talking about fresh vegetables in the general sense, Israelis say ירקות טריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/בצל-חי-#.m4a” /]. But when speaking about a particular vegetable, especially one that tastes very different when uncooked, they say…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לכהן-#.m4a” /]לְכַהֵן Chances are you know someone whose last name is Cohen, or at least have seen a movie by the Coen Brothers like Raising Arizona or The Big Lebowski. The name comes from the Hebrew word כהן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לכהן-#.m4a” /], which means priest. And while priest has a clearly religious connotation, the notion of the priest serving something…

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/2022/03/קצף-#.m4a” /]קֶצֶף While קצפת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קצף-#.m4a” /] refers specifically to whipped cream, קצף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קצף-#.m4a” /] is foam in general, from the white stuff in the waves at the beach, to foam that Israeli kids spray on each other on יום העצמאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קצף-#.m4a” /] – Independence Day. In Hebrew context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קצף-#.m4a” /]מוכרים קצף גילוח רק…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /]שׁוּמָן רָווּי The word for fat (the noun) is שומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /]בשווארמה יש הרבה שומן. There’s a lot of fat in shawarma. Saturated fat is שומן רווי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /]בישראל שמים מדבקה מיוחדת על מוצרים עם הרבה שומן רווי. In Israel (they) put a special…