[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]יִיחוּדִי מיוחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /] means special, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]היא אישה מיוחדת. She’s a special woman. The word’s root is י.ח.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /], closely related to א.ח.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /] meaning one. ייחודי, from the same root, means unique. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]כל אחד יקבל סיסמה ייחודית. Everyone will receive a unique password.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /]קַח וְסַע קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – take and go – isn’t super common. It’s in the motto of one of Israel’s shared car services: פשוט קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – literally, just take and go. But since it’s got two imperative (command) forms of super-common verbs, I figured it’s worth a Dose. קח[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לעשות-חיים-#.m4a” /]לַעֲשׂוֹת חַיִּים Israelis love life. That’s what put them at #12 this year in the World Happiness Report, and that’s the soul in the expression לעשות חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לעשות-חיים-#.m4a” /] – to have a good time, or literally, to make life. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לעשות-חיים-#.m4a” /]תעשו חיים. ואל תשכחו להוציא איתכם את הזבל! Have a good…
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/2021/09/אותיות-#.m4a” /]אוֹתִיּוֹת The Hebrew word for the type of letter appearing in an alphabet is אות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אותיות-#.m4a” /] (a letter written to someone is מכתב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אותיות-#.m4a” /]). In the plural it’s אותיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אותיות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אותיות-#.m4a” /]יש עשרים ושתיים אותיות בשפה העברית. There are twenty-two letters in the Hebrew language. Now, the…