[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /]שְׁאֵלָה While to ask is the simple verb לשאול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /], a question is שאלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /]יש לי שאלה אליכם. I have a question for (to) you guys. If you’ve watched the Israeli drama Shtisel, you’ve probably heard the expression מה השאלה בכלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /] – what’s (even) the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברד-#.m4a” /]בָּרָד ברד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברד-#.m4a” /] means literally hail, but an Israeli firm borrowed the word to name the local version of the Icee. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ברד-#.m4a” /]ילדים, אתם רוצים גלידה או ברד? Kids, do you want ice cream or icees? Note that ברד remains singular in the example above – just like we don’t…
By Ami Steinberger Founder and CEO of Ulpan La-Inyan I like to consider myself a language person. I know at least a few words in many languages, including Hungarian, Polish, Tagalog (Filipino), Amharic (Ethiopian), Mandarin, German and others. I am conversational (to some degree or another) in French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic. But when it…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /]גָּדוֹל עָלַי, כָּבֵד עָלַי In Hebrew, when we want to express that something is too much for me to handle, we might say זה יותר מדי בשבילי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, it’s too much for me, but we’re more likely to use one of two other expressions: גדול עלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, big…
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/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]הַכְחָשָׁה To deny, in Hebrew, is the הפעיל verb להכחיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]היא הכחישה את מה שהוא אמר לגביה. She denied what he said about her. The noun form of להכחיש is הכחשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /] – denial. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]הוא לגמרי בהכחשה לגבי מה שקרה. He’s totally in…