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…

daily video – how to say “milestone” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “milestone” in Hebrew

how to say “milestone” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אבו-דרך-#.m4a” /]אֶבֶן דֶּרֶךְ In the British Commonwealth and in the United States, people know what a mile is. People in most other countries don’t, so the term milestone translates to something else. In Hebrew, it translates to אבן דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אבו-דרך-#.m4a” /] – a stone on the path. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אבו-דרך-#.m4a” /]הילד הגיע לכל אבני…

daily video – how to say “treasure” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “treasure” in Hebrew

how to say “treasure” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /]אוֹצָר The word אוצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /] means both treasure and treasury (Israel’s Ministry of Finance is called משרד האוצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /] – literally, Ministry of the Treasury). It’s also a Hebrew name for both girls and boys, though not a common one. Here it is in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /]הילדה הזאת היא פשוט אוצר. This…

daily video – how to say “tops (at the most)” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “tops (at the most)” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/גג-#.m4a” /]גַּג In English, you might say something like “I’d pay $100 for that. $150 tops (maximum).” In Hebrew, the equivalent expression for tops is גג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/גג-#.m4a” /] – literally, roof. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/גג-#.m4a” /]אני אגיע תוך שעה, שעה וחצי גג. I’ll arrive in an hour, an hour and a half tops.

10 Hebrew Words for Purim

ByAmi Steinberger

  Let these 10 terms color up your Purim. חג שמח ומבדח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/פורים-#.m4a” /] – happy, fun holiday! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] 8. יַיִן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/פורים-#.m4a” /] – wine It comes as no surprise that a word so basic to human life as wine would be virtually the same word across languages as diverse as English and Japanese. In Hebrew…

daily video – how to say “design” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “design” in Hebrew

how to say “design” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]עִיצּוּב To design, in Hebrew, is the פיעל verb לעצב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]. Its noun form is עיצוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]היא למדה עיצוב פנים בבצלאל, בירושלים. She studied interior design at Bezalel, in Jerusalem. Even though the root of these words ,ע.צ.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /], has the same letters as the…