language

Israelis love to complain and use words like nightmare to describe another horrible queue at the bank. Let’s add some phrases to our complaint toolkit.

המילה חבר הייתה מילה מאוד נפוצה בישראל הסוציאליסטית של שנות החמישים והשישים, ביחד עם חבר’ה, שעדיין מאוד בשימוש. ואז ‘חבר’ נעלמה לה לזמן מה, וחזרה ב-1995.

‘Haver,’ the Hebrew word for ‘friend,’ has had quite an amazing comeback to modern Israeli lingo. How do we use it in this day and age?

Do you know how to say ‘a good catch’ in Hebrew? How about ‘virtual reality’? And ‘sense of direction’? Listen to this episode to learn

StreetWise Hebrew gets scientific: check out new episodes entirely in Hebrew for listeners who want to develop their advanced language skills.

For StreetWise Hebrew’s fourth birthday, let’s learn the word ‘arba,’ which means ‘four’ in Hebrew, and its root.

You went to buy clothes in a Tel Avivi shop and another customer says that you shouldn’t wear red. Ever. Let’s learn some phrases for clothes shopping.

If you want to say, “I am hot”, don’t translate directly from English to Hebrew. Listen to this episode first. Without your kids.

How do we say ‘whiner’ and ‘to whine’ in Hebrew? This episode is about the word בכיין and its variations

How do you tell someone not to do something in Hebrew? Guy explains how to use the little word ‘al,’ which means ‘don’t.’