Saying It Twice
โWhy do we sometimes repeat the same word twice in Hebrew? Mashu-mashu, gever-gever, for example. Today we’ll talk about reduplication in Hebrew and… about Belize
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Service in Israel
The level of service in Israel can change from day to day, hour to hour. It depends on many factors, like the mood of the serving staff, life in the city, and other seemingly random factors. Guy explains.
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The X Factor in Hebrew
Yes, you can learn Hebrew from pop culture. StreetWise Hebrew looks at the language of Israeli reality TV
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Zazim
In Hebrew, ืืืื (we’re making a move), ืืื ื (we made a move), and ื ืืื (we’ll make a move) are all used in the same way to say, โyalla, let’s go.โ Guy explains.
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Baali
The Hebrew word for husband is ืืขื, which also means owner. It’s no wonder, then, that so many Israeli women dislike its use. So what can we say instead?
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Cursing Drivers
Cursing drivers is a national sport in Israel. Here are a few words and phrases you can use the next time someone cuts you off.
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Sho’a (Holocaust)
The word ืฉืืื, holocaust, used to be a sacred word. Not anymore. Like many loaded words, we used and reused it. Now you can hear people using Sho’a in totally different contexts
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Kombina
Some Israelis say we are a ‘Medinat Kombina’, a ‘kombina’ state. So how do you use this word, and how can you even turn it into a verb?
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I’ll Be Back in the Afternoon
In Hebrew, ืฆืืืจืืื means noon and ืืืจ ืืฆืืืจืืื means afternoon. But the actual afternoon hours, the ones we Israelis think of as afternoon, may be completely different than your own. So what do we mean when we say, โcall me in the afternoonโ? Guy explains
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The Hebrew “-Oosh” Suffix
Ever wondered what that “-oosh” on the end of Hebrew words is for?
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