Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי חוֹזֵר If you’ve taken a course with Ulpan La-Inyan, you’ve heard the instruction: הקשיבו וחזרו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-2.m4a” /] – listen and repeat. Broken down, that phrase comprises: הקשיבו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-3.m4a” /] – listen, when speaking to more than one person. It’s an imperative (command) form of להקשיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-4.m4a” /] – to listen. חזרו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אני-חוזר-5.m4a” /] – repeat, an imperative…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-1.m4a” /]לַסָּלָט – for the salad Here are a few items I like to throw into my salads: חסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-2.m4a” /] – lettuce עגבניות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-3.m4a” /] – tomatoes (one tomato is an עגבנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-4.m4a” /]) פטריות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-5.m4a” /] – mushrooms (one mushroom is a פטרייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-6.m4a” /]) גרעיני חמנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-7.m4a” /] – sunflower seeds חמוציות[audioclip…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test   Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-1.m4a” /]הֲכִי טוֹב בָּעוֹלָם, הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר בָּעוֹלָם There are two ways of saying the best in Hebrew: הכי טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-2.m4a” /] is the common way. טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-3.m4a” /] changes form depending on what is spoken of as the best. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-עברית-3.m4a” /]אלה הנעליים הכי טובות. These are the best shoes. הטוב ביותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-5.m4a” /] is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-1.m4a” /]כּוֹאֵב לִי The Hebrew word for pain or ache is כאב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-3.m4a” /]יש לי כאב ראש. I have a headache. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-4.m4a” /]יש לי כאב בצוואר. I have a pain in my (the) neck. The latter does not pack the same punch it does in English. To say I’m in pain…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-1.m4a” /]לָזוּז הַצִּדָּה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you know the word for house or home – בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-2.m4a” /]. You probably also know a special directional word for home – הביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-3.m4a” /] as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לזוז-הצידה-4.m4a” /]הם רוצים ללכת הביתה. They want to go home. Here Hebrew takes the word בית and puts the letter ה[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-1.m4a” /]בְּהֵרָיוֹן The Hebrew word for parent is הורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-2.m4a” /] for a male (a father) and הורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-3.m4a” /] for a female (a mother). Another word of the same root ה.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-4.m4a” /] is הריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-5.m4a” /] – pregnancy, and its derivative בהריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בהריון-1.m4a” /] – pregnant or literally with pregnancy. For example, you might hear on an Israeli public…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-1.m4a” /]הִתְכַּוַּנְתִּי If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer, you may know the word כוונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-2.m4a” /] – intent. The word is derived from the root כ.ו.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-3.m4a” /] – which is quite ubiquitous, appearing in words as diverse as כן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-4.m4a” /] – yes, נכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-5.m4a” /] – correct, and להתכונן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-6.m4a” /] – to get ready. Another application of…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test   Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעגל-החיים-1.m4a” /]מַעֲגַל הַחַיִּים Take a moment to transport yourself, in your mind, to the Lion King’s Africa, and listen to The Circle of Life (I’ve linked to the Hebrew version – you can search for the English one yourself). You may notice that in the song, the expression for the circle of life is גלגל החיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעגל-החיים-2.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-1.m4a” /]חֲגִיגָה If you’ve got some basic familiarity with Hebrew or Judaism, you probably know the word for holiday – חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-2.m4a” /]. This word’s root is ח.ג.ג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-3.m4a” /], which appears in full in the word for to celebrate – לחגוג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חגיגה-5.m4a” /]חגגנו לה יום הולדת. We celebrated her birthday…