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Planning Where to Go in Israel Posted by Sean Young on Aug 20, 2012
The first thing I like to do when I go on a trip is to find out what the מֶזֶג אֲוִיר (weather) is like over there at the time of year I plan to go. Since this is the middle of August, I went over to the Israel Meteorological Service’s website to check it out…
Let’s Explore Israel! Posted by Sean Young on Aug 17, 2012
שלום! I’m sorry for the lack of posts recently, but there’s going to be a change in the blogs for a while. Recently I’ve been planning and researching and thought about exploring Israel. Travelling through the different cities in the country and see what they have to offer. I’ll be visiting museums, eating at some…
Learning Hebrew Through Movies Posted by Sean Young on Aug 10, 2012
Learning a language can be fun. If you have your course books, audio CDs, MP3 files, etc. you’ll find that after a while, you probably want to take a break from learning. That’s okay. You can relax and still keep your language skills sharp and refreshed simply by watching a movie in Hebrew. There are…
What are these? Posted by Sean Young on Jul 26, 2012
Today we’re going to expand on the plural nouns post. Remember when we learned about the pronouns זֶה (zeh) and זֹאת (zot)? The plural form for these is אֵלֶה (eh-leh), meaning ‘these’. The good news is, you don’t have to learn two different forms of this word. It can be used for either mascuilne or…
Plural Nouns Posted by Sean Young on Jul 20, 2012
– Last month we learned about numbers and counting in Hebrew. let’s now put them to good use. Nouns are a very useful thing in any language. They help us identify the object we are speaking about. But talking about more than one thing is sometimes necessary (if you want three apples, imagine asking May I…
Let’s Visit Tel Aviv! Posted by Sean Young on Jun 30, 2012
Tel Aviv (תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ) is the second largest city in Israel, and the largest metropolitan area. The official name is Tel Aviv-Yafo (תל אביב-יפו), and reflects the fact that the city has grown beside the ancient port city of Yafo (English: Jaffa), to the south of the new city center, in addition to many other neighboring…
Breakfast in Israel Posted by Sean Young on Jun 30, 2012
Last month I wrote a post about eating the different meals of the day. And I thought to myself – why not have an Israeli breakfast? So I hopped into my private jet, flew to Tel Aviv and went to Gilly’s restaurant….just kidding, I don’t have a jet. But you can still enjoy an Israeli…