[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/כתית-מעולה-#.m4a” /]שֶׁמֶן זַיִת כָּתִית מְעוּלֶּה The Hebrew word for oil is שמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/כתית-מעולה-#.m4a” /], while olive oil is שמן זית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/כתית-מעולה-#.m4a” /]. Virgin oil is the unrefined oil pressed directly from the olive. The pressed part is what provides us with the Hebrew expression שמן כתית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/כתית-מעולה-#.m4a” /] – virgin oil, or literally, pressed oil. This has been…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /]קָפֶה נָמֵס Coffee is an international word. Even in Chinese the word is pretty much the same. In Hebrew it’s קפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /]היא בדרך כלל לא שותה קפה. She doesn’t usually drink coffee. What about instant coffee? That’s קפה נמס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/קפה-נמס-#.m4a” /] – literally, melting coffee, as in: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]מוּכָּר To know in the intellectual sense is לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]. But to know someone or something in the sense of familiarity, recognition – that’s להכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]אני מכיר את השיר הזה! I (a male) know this song! להכיר is a הפעיל verb of the root נ.כ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /], which…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]שֵׁפֶל חָדָשׁ The plain or the lowlands is השפלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]אנחנו גרים בשפלה. We live on the plain. The root of השפלה is ש.פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] meaning low. It also provides us with the word for low – שפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] – in the dramatic sense: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]עם הכתבה הזאת, העיתון…
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/2021/07/להקדים-#.m4a” /]לְהַקְדִּים You may know the Hebrew word for to be late – לאחר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקדים-#.m4a” /]. Note that while in English we talk about being late, in Hebrew לאחר is an actual (פיעל) verb. The same is true for the word for to be early – להקדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקדים-#.m4a” /]: it’s a הפעיל verb of the root ק.ד.מ[audioclip…