ModernחמרמורתFunny... I probably never came over this word before because I've rarely (maybe never?) got in the situation when it's being used. Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, meet the Hebrew word for hangover: חֲמַרְמוֹרֶת. There are two interesting things associated with this word: פרוור, פרבר, аnd peripheryBy pure accident, I've seen this spelling in Google: פרוור (full vocalization: פּרַוָר.) I think, I've never seen it beforehand, or maybe it just never drew my attention. Somehow I used to read it "parvar" with the V-sound, but the only spelling I've ever seen was פרבר. I looked at Wikipedia then, and discovered couple of interesting things. Lesson 5: Simple conversationLet's take look of a simple dialog: visitors from America arrives to their relatives' house in Israel. This conversation is full of little words you might hear all around you among Israelis: Part 3. Hundreds, thousands, and more.Numbers in Hebrew. Part 3. Hundreds, thousands, and more. Some of you had probably heard the name "Me'a She`arim". Know the meaning? Bingo, "Hundred Gates". מֵאָה [ me'a ] means hundred. (In spoken Hebrew it's also pronounced as [ me'a ], with the stress on the first syllable.) Part 2. From 11 to 19 and beyondNumbers in Hebrew. Part 2. Numbers from 11 to 19 and beyond Now, after we've learned some basics about numericals, let's take a look on an advanced part. The -teen numbers in Hebrew are formed as a combination ("smikhut") of a number and a word "asar"/עָשָׂר (or "esre"/עֶשְׂרֶה.) Remember, the "One, who knows" song? Shneim-asar shivtaya (שנים-עשר שבטיא) - the Twelf Tribes. You may ask, why it's "esre"(f)/"asar"(m) rather than familiar "eser"(f)/"asara"(m), or my G-d, it's conusing! And the answer would be: for the same reason "-teen" is not "exactly" "ten", buddy. So, here come the numbers from 11 to 19: ahat-esre, shteim-esre, shva`-esre, etc. (Try to memorize them in the feminine form, which is used for counting.) Powered by WebRing. |