Streetwise Hebrew

Why are some mistakes in a foreign language worse than others? Some things Hebrew learners say sound more cringy to the Israeli ear than others.

In Hebrew, בטח or בטוח – “sure” or “for sure” – are words we hear a lot on the Israeli streets, so we need to know how to use them properly

It’s summertime and everybody is going somewhere for hofesh, holiday. That being the case, lets go over vacation-related terminology in Hebrew.

‘Yeled’ – ‘child’ – comes from the root ‘y.l.d’ – י.ל.ד – which has made a huge career for itself in Semitic languages.

Had enough of struggling through dull Hebrew classes and heavy textbooks? We have the antidote.

How do we ask for more milk, for an encore or for another goal in a football game? You guessed it, we use “od.”

Do you have “zman” – time? This root, “z.m.n,” is used in so many words in Hebrew, it definitely merits an episode to itself