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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/פזיז-#.m4a” /]פָּזִיז While haste in Hebrew is חיפזון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פזיז-#.m4a” /] or פזיזות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פזיז-#.m4a” /], someone hasty is פזיז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פזיז-#.m4a” /] if he’s male or פזיזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פזיז-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פזיז-#.m4a” /]יכול להיות שהייתי קצת פזיז עם ההחלטה שלי. Maybe I was a bit hasty with my decision. As for haste makes waste, that’s…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /]כְּתִיבָה יוֹצֶרֶת While to write is לכתוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb), writing is כתיבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /]. And since ליצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /] (also a simple verb) is to create, creative writing is כתיבה יוצרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /] (literally, writing that creates). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /]יש לה תואר שני בכתיבה יוצרת. She has a masters degree…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]זִקְנָה The words זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /] and זְקֵנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /] refer to an elderly man and woman, respectively. Likewise, old age is זִקנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /], a word often modified to say in his old age (בזקנתו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]), in her old age (בזקנתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]), etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]היא יפה בזקנתה כמו בצעירותה. She…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/לקבור-את-עצמו-#.m4a” /]לֹא יָדַע אֵיפֹה לִקְבּוֹר אֶת עַצְמוֹ An employee at a high-tech company – let’s call her Dana – sends a message: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/לקבור-את-עצמו-#.m4a” /]רון, אתה לא תאמין מה אמר לי היום הבוס הגדול, פשוט לא ייאמן. Ron, you won’t believe what the big boss said to me today, simply unbelievable. …and she goes…