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 Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
מנויים יקרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מנויים-יקרים-1.mp3″ /] (dear subscribers), If you’re in the Jerusalem area, come join me on a walking Hebrew lesson tomorrow morning at 10. We’ll meet at בית הכוון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בית-הכוון-9.wav” /] (Beit HaKavan – pictured below), which is located a few minutes’ walk south along the old train tracks, from the First Station. The lesson…
בְּרַחֲבֵי הָאָרֶץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברחבי-הארץ-1.mp3″ /] When Hebrew speakers ask me where Ulpan La-Inyan is located, I answer: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברחבי-הארץ-2.mp3″ /]המשרד שלנו בירושלים, אבל יש לנו שלוחות ברחבי הארץ. Our office is in Jerusalem, but we have branches all over the country. ברחבי הארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברחבי-הארץ-1.mp3″ /] means literally, in the expanses of the land, where the core word in…
שְׁלוּחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /] One of the key terms in a phone directory is extension – in Hebrew, שלוחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-2.mp3″ /]נא המתינו להעברת השיחה לשלוחה. Please wait for the call to be transferred to the extension. (the standard recording you might have heard has a female voice) The word שלוחה comes from…
כָּבוֹד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for respect or honor – כבוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-1.mp3″ /] – is related to the word for heavy – כבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-2.mp3″ /]: treating someone with respect is the opposite of taking them lightly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כבוד-3.mp3″ /]הפתרון לכל בעיה בינאישית מתחיל עם כבוד. The solution to any interpersonal problem starts with respect. A related word…
מִיץ תַּפּוּזִים סָחוּט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סחוט-1.mp3″ /] If you’ve been in Israel longer than a week, there’s a good chance you know the expression meaning orange juice – מיץ תפוזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סחוט-2.mp3″ /]. This means literally, juice of oranges, where the word of is implied. You may have even ordered it. To specify that you want your juice fresh-squeezed,…
שקי-קקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקי-קקי-1.wav” /] English-speaking dog owners know this term well. A pooper scooper is that handy device that saves the dog walker from having to bend down and scoop up their pet’s droppings manually. The Israeli brand is called שקי-קקי, where שקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקי-קקי-2.wav” /] is a cute version of שק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקי-קקי-3.wav” /] – bag, and קקי[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 Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
סיבה למסיבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סיבה-למסיבה-1.mp3″ /] Jews party a lot, with ט”ו באב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סיבה-למסיבה-2.mp3″ /] (see Wikipedia article) tomorrow night being no exception. The Hebrew term for an excuse for a party is the play on words, סיבה למסיבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סיבה-למסיבה-1.mp3″ /] – literally, a reason for a party. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סיבה-למסיבה-3.mp3″ /]תמיד יש סיבה למסיבה. There’s always an excuse for a party.
בלתי מוגבל, ללא הגבלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-1.mp3″ /] In English, there’s the word unlimited as it might be used as an adjective, as in “we have an unlimited amount of…”, and there’s unlimited as it might appear in an ad: “Spaces unlimited!” Hebrew has a term for each. In adjective form, Hebrew uses בלתי מוגבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-2.mp3″ /] to describe masculine objects and…
תסריט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תסריט-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for (movie) script is תסריט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תסריט-1.mp3″ /], of the root ס.ר.ט (s.r.t) meaning ribbon or film. I put the word movie in parentheses because the תסריט contains the word for movie in itself. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תסריט-2.mp3″ /]הוא הגיש מאה תסריטים לפני שאחד התקבל. He submitted a hundred scripts before one was accepted….