[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]סִפְרָה The Hebrew word for digit is ספרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]. Its root is ס.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /], the same as that of מספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /] – number. Digits are ספרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]נא להקיש את ארבע הספרות האחרונות של כרטיס האשראי. Please enter (press) the last four digits of your (the) credit…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /]יְלָדִים While the Biblical-Hebrew word for children in general is טף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /], Modern Hebrew prefers the more basic word ילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /], the plural of ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /] – (male) child. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /]יש לנו באולפן לעניין תוכנית מיוחדת לילדים. We at Ulpan La-Inyan have a special program for kids. Listening…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ארבע-עיניים-#.m4a” /]שִׂיחָה בְּאַרְבַּע עֵינַיִים The word for conversation in Hebrew is שיחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ארבע-עיניים-#.m4a” /], sometimes short for a phone conversation, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ארבע-עיניים-#.m4a” /]אני לא יכול לדבר, אני באמצע שיחה. I (a male) can’t talk, I’m in the middle of a conversation. How about an intimate, one-on-one talk? That’s שיחה בארבע עיניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ארבע-עיניים-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/אשכולית-#.m4a” /]אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית A grapefruit looks, tastes and smells more like an orange or a pomelo (it’s actually a cross between the two). So why does its name associate it with the grape, of all fruits? Hebrew’s word for the grapefruit sheds some light: אשכולית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/אשכולית-#.m4a” /], derived from the word אשכול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/אשכולית-#.m4a” /] meaning…