Streetwise Hebrew TLV1 Studios
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A bite-size podcast showcasing modern Hebrew and its slang. Host Guy Sharett explains what we can learn about Israeli psyche, society, and culture through the Hebrew language.
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#11 The Hebrew โ-Ooshโ Suffix (Rerun)
What happens when we add the suffix -oosh to a word? And how do young people call Instagram in Hebrew? Hint: Not insta.
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New Words and Expressions:
Hi-oosh โ Hey there (slang) โ ืืืืฉ
Guyoosh, Galitoosh, Eyaloosh โ Guy, Galit, Eyal (diminutive) โ ืืืืฉ, ืืืืชืืฉ, ืืืืืืฉ
Havitoosh โ ืืืืชืืฉ
Havit โ Barrel โ ืืืืช
Bat mitsvoosh โ Bat mitzvah (diminutive) โ ืืช ืืฆืืืฉ
Keshetoosh โ Keshet (girlโs first name) + oosh โ ืงืฉืชืืฉ
Im atem mitgarshim, ani holechet im aboosh โ If you guys get divorced, I am going with Daddy โ ืื ืืชื ืืชืืจืฉืื ืื ื ืืืืืช ืขื ืืืืฉ
Aboosh โ Daddy โ ืืื + ืืฉ, ืืืืฉ
Maxim, maximoosh โ Wonderful โ ืืงืกืื, ืืงืกืืืืฉ
Madhim, madhimoosh โ Amazing โ ืืืืื, ืืืืืืืฉ
Instagram, Instoosh โ ืืื ืกืืืฉ
Forever, foreveroosh; Evita, evitoosh
Araboosh โ Arab (derogatory term) โ ืขืจืืืฉ
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Playlist and Clips:
Mishpachat Ein Gvul โ Hebrew gay lingo
Yehudit Ravits โ Ha-yalda Hachi Yafa Ba-gan (lyrics) -
#23 The Imperative (Rerun)
Imperative in Hebrew: Often the โrealโ imperative of our language sounds archaic to us, so we use the future instead. Hereโs a quick how-to on the Hebrew imperative.
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New Words and Expressions:
Saper/sapri/sapru โ Tell (imp.)! โ ืกืคืจ, ืกืคืจื, ืกืคืจื
Tesaper โ You will tell โ ืชืกืคืจ
โElohim, ten li rak tipat mazalโ โ God, just give me a bit of luck โ ืืืืืื ืชื ืื ืจืง ืืืคืช ืืื
โAz titen li shivโa shkalimโ โ So just give me 7 shekel then โ ืื ืชืืชื ืื ืจืง ืฉืืขื ืฉืงืืื
Ten/tni/tnu! โ Give! โ ืชื/ืชื ื/ืชื ื
โTni lo perach, tni lo yayin, aval et libech shimriโ โ Give him a flower, give him wine, but guard your heart โ ืชื ื ืื ืคืจื, ืชื ื ืื ืืื, ืืื ืืช ืืืื ืฉืืจื
Titen, titni, titnu โ You will give โ ืชืืชื, ืชืชื ื, ืชืชื ื
Emor shalom โ Say โshalomโ โ ืืืืจ ืฉืืื
Bo โ Come โ ืืื
Lech/lechi/lechu โ Go โ ืื/ืืื/ืืื
Sa leโat โ Drive slowly โ ืกืข ืืื
Lech/lechi/lechu mi-po! โ Go away! โ ืื/ืืื/ืืื ืืคื
Shev/Shvi/Shvu โ Sit! โ ืฉื, ืฉืื, ืฉืื
โAl tagidi ken veโal tagidi loโ โ Donโt say yes, and donโt say no โ ืื ืชืืืื ืื ืืื ืชืืืื ืื
Al titen โ Donโt give โ ืื ืชืืชื
Al tavo โ Donโt come โ ืื ืชืืื
Tagid li โ Tell me โ ืชืืื ืื
Takshiv โ Listen โ ืชืงืฉืื
Ulai tesaper eich haya โ Maybe youโll tell us how it was? โ ืืืื ืชืกืคืจ ืืื ืืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Arik Einstein โ Kama Tov She-bata Ha-baita (lyrics)
Zehava Ben โ Tipat Mazal (lyrics)
Gali Atari โ Tni Lo Perach (lyrics)
Shokolad, Menta, Mastik โ Emor Shalom (lyrics)ย
Arik Einstein โ Sa Leโat (lyrics)
Svika Pick โ Ein medina la-ahava (lyrics)
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Ep. no. 175 about negation of the imperative Hebrew version
Ep. no. 184 about Bo Hebrew version -
I Can Identify With That
From face and voice recognition, to identifying with a character from a book, for these and others linguistic uses we utilize the Hebrew root ืืื. And how do we say, โShazam, can you recognize this song?โ Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
Zihuy panim โ Face recognition โ ืืืืื ืคื ืื
Zihuy plili โ Forensics โ ืืืืื ืคืืืื
Mazap, Maโabada le-zihuy plili โ Forensics lab โ ืืขืืื ืืืืืื ืคืืืื
Mazapnikim โ The forensics guys โ ืืโืคื ืืงืื
Zihuy koli โ Voice recognition โ ืืืืื ืงืืื
Lezahot โ To identify, to recognize โ ืืืืืช
Ata lo mezahรฉ oti? At lo mezaha oti? โ Donโt you recognize me? โ ืืช/ื ืื ืืืื ืืืชื
Teuda mezaha โ Proof of identity โ ืชืขืืื ืืืื
โShirim she-ha-shazam lo mezahรฉ โ Songs that Shazam wonโt recognize โ ืฉืืจืื ืฉืืฉืืื ืื ืืืื
Ha-rishon she-mezahรฉ โ The first person to recognize โ ืืจืืฉืื ืฉืืืื
โTsipor lo mezuhaโ โ An unidentified bird โ ืฆืืคืืจ ืื ืืืืื
Mispar lo mezuhรฉ โ Unidentified number โ ืืกืคืจ ืื ืืืืื
Eich lachsom et ha-sichot โ How to block the calls โ ืืื ืืืกืื ืืช ืืฉืืืืช
Abam, Etsem bilti mezuhรฉ โ Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) โ ืขืโื, ืขืฆื ืืืชื ืืืืื
Lehizdahot โ To identify oneself โ ืืืืืืืช
Tizdahรฉ, tizdahi, tizdahu โ Identify yourself (imp.) โ ืชืืืื, ืชืืืื, ืชืืืื
Lehizdahot im mishehu โ To identify with someone โ ืืืืืืืช ืขื ืืืฉืื
โAta omer la she-ata mizdahรฉ ita rigshitโ โ Youโre telling her that you identify with her emotionally โ ืืชื ืืืืจ ืฉืืชื ืืืืื ืืืชื ืจืืฉืืช
Hizdahoot โ Identification โ ืืืืืืช
Atseret hizdahoot โ Solidarity rally โ ืขืฆืจืช ืืืืืืช
Atseret hizdahoot im ha-hatufim โ Solidarity rally with the people kidnapped in Gaza โ ืขืฆืจืช ืืืืืืช ืขื ืืืืืคืื
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Playlist and Clips:
KAN TV โ Zihuy panim โ Face recognition
Zihuy koli โ voice recognition
Shirim she-ha-shazam lo mezahรฉ โ Songs that Shazam wonโt recognizeย
Ha-rishon she-mezahe โ The first person who recognizes
Margalit Tsanโani โ Menta (lyrics)
How to block an unidentified number โ Mispar lo mezuhรฉ
Abam โ UFO
Sarit Hadad โ Inteligentsiya (lyrics) -
Is Someone Stealing Your Identity?
The Hebrew word ืืืืช means identity. Itโs a word we Israelis use many times throughout the day, like any time we call customer service in Israel. Any guesses as to why?
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New Words and Expressions:
Zehut โ Identity โ ืืืืช
โZehut achat la-boker, achat la-lailaโ โ One identity for the morning, one for the night โ ืืืืช ืืืช ืืืืงืจ, ืืืช ืืืืื
Teudat zehut โ ID โ ืชืขืืืช ืืืืช, ืช.ื
Teudat zehut biometrit hachama โ A smart biometric identity card โ ืชืขืืืช ืืืืช ืืืืืืจืืช ืืืื
Ha-meginim al zehutenu โ Which protect our identity โ ืืืืื ืื ืขื ืืืืชื ื
Mispar zehut โ ID number โ ืืกืคืจ ืืืืช
Yitachen she-mishehu gonev lachem et ha-zehoot โ Maybe someone is stealing your identity โ ืืืชืื ืฉืืืฉืื ืืื ื ืืื ืืช ืืืืืช
Ganvu lo et ha-zehut โ Someone stole his identity โ ืื ืื ืื ืืช ืืืืืช
โTen li rak leโamet et ha-zehut shelchaโ โ Let me just verify your identity โ ืชื ืื ืจืง ืืืืช ืืช ืืืืืช ืฉืื
โAna zahu oti be-ezrat hakol sheliโ โ Please identify me with the help of my voice โ ืื ื ืืื ืืืชื ืืขืืจืช ืืงืื ืฉืื
Politikat ha-zehuyot โ Identity politics โ ืคืืืืืืงืช ืืืืืืืช
Zehut migdarit โ Gender identity โ ืืืืช ืืืืจืืช
Teomim zehim โ Identical twins โ ืชืืืืื ืืืื
Zehe, zeha, zehim, zehot โ Identical โ ืืื, ืืื, ืืืื, ืืืืช
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Playlist and Clips:
Mercedes Band โ Zehut (lyrics)
Hava Alberstein โ Sharaliya (lyrics)
Tehudat Zehut โ ID Card
Mishehu gonev lachem et ha-zehoot
Danny Robas โ Ze Lo Ani (lyrics)
Politikat Ha-zehuyot
Whatโs zehut migdarit?
Ynet โ Identical twins โ Teomim zehim
Stephane Legar โ Lifnei, Achrei (lyrics)
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Ep. no. 25 HEB EN
Ep. no. 63 HEB EN
Ep. no. 273 HEB EN -
Procrastinating in Hebrew
It happens to all of us: we have a task to accomplish and we promise ourselves to do it right after this one last thing. So how did an entire week pass by so quickly and yet weโre staring at an even longer to-do list? Letโs talk about procrastination in Hebrew.
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New Words and Expressions:
Dachyanoot โ Procrastination โ ืืืืื ืึผืช
Dachyan, dachyanit โ Procrastinator โ ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืืช
โHa-yom ulai nidche et bo ha-lailaโ โ Today we might postpone the arrival of the night โ ืืืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืืช ืืื ืืืืื
Dachinu โ We postponed, we delayed โ ืืืื ื
Lidchot โ To postpone โ ืืืืืช
Doche, docha, dochim, dochot โ Postpone (present tense) โ ืืืึธื, ืืืึถื, ืืืืื, ืืืืืช
Lidchot hatsaโa โ To turn down an offer โ ืืืืืช ืืฆืขื
Ze beseder im nidche le-machar? โ Is it ok if we push back to tomorrow? โ ืื ืืกืืจ ืื ื ืืึถื ืืืืจ
Ze beseder im nikba le-yom acher? โ Can we reschedule? โ ืื ืืกืืจ ืื ื ืืื ืืืืจ
Yesh matsav lidchot et ze le-yom sheni? โ Is there a chance to delay it to Monday? โ ืืฉ ืืฆื ืืืืืช ืืช ืื ืืืื ืฉื ื
Bo naziz et ze le-yom acher โ Letโs move it to another day โ ืืื ื ืืื ืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืจ
Ba-sof dachu et ze โ They pushed it back at the end โ ืืกืืฃ ืืื ืืช ืื
Ze nidcha โ It was pushed back โ ืื ื ืืื
Dโchiya โ Postponement โ ืืืืื
Ikoov ba-tisa โ Flight delay โ ืขืืืื ืืืืกื
Yesh lanu ikoov kal โ We have a slight delay โ ืืฉ ืื ื ืขืืืื ืงื
Dโchiya ba-tisa โ Flight postponement โ ืืืืื ืืืืกื
Dachu et ha-tisa le-machar โ They postponed the flight to tomorrow โ ืืื ืืช ืืืืกื ืืืืจ
Ha-tisa nidchata le-machar โ The flight was delayed to tomorrow โ ืืืืกื ื ืืืชื ืืืืจ
Od dchiya ve-od dchiya โ Another delay and yet another delay โ ืขืื ืืืืื ืืขืื ืืืืื
Delayed Gratification โ Dโchiyat sipookim โ ืืืืืช ืกืืคืืงืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Dachyanoot โ Procrastination
Hava Alberstein โ Perach Ha-lilach (lyrics)
Dachinu โ We postponed
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Ep. no. 89 about holiday โ Hebrew Version
Ep. no. 123 about likboโaย
Ep. no. 182 about whining -
I'm Finally Settling In
The Hebrew words ืืืชืืืฉื and ืืฉืืช are both translated as โto sit downโ, but they are not used in the same manner. And how are these words related to the West Bank? Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
โBo maher, hayeshiva kvar hitchilaโ โ Come quick, the meeting has already started โ ืืื ืืืจ, ืืืฉืืื ืืืจ ืืชืืืื
Lehityashev โ To sit down โ ืืืชืืืฉื
Hu yashav be-bet cafe โ He sat in a cafe โ ืืื ืืฉื ืืืืช ืงืคื
Hu hityashev leyadi โ He just sat down next to me โ ืืื ืืชืืืฉื ืืืื
Ksheni mityashev โ When I come to sit down โ ืืฉืื ื ืืชืืืฉื
Hityashavti โ I sat down โ ืืชืืืฉืืชื
Rak hityashavti le-daka lishtot cafe, ve-kvar telefon โ I sit for a minute to have coffee, and the telephone is already ringing โ ืจืง ืืชืืืฉืืชื ืืืงื ืืฉืชืืช ืงืคื, ืืืืจ ืืืคืื
Lehityashev โ To settle, to inhabit โ ืืืชืืืฉื
Hityashvoot โ Sitting down, settlement โ ืืชืืืฉืืืช
Ha-hityashvoot ha-yehoodit ba-aretz โ The Jewish settlement in Israel โ ืืืชืืืฉืืืช ืืืืืืืช ืืืจืฅ
Halutzim โ Pioneers โ ืืืืฆืื
Hitnachlut โ Settlement โ ืืชื ืืืืช
Mitnachlim โ Settlers โ ืืชื ืืืื
Mityashvim โ Settlers โ ืืชืืืฉืืื
Meyashvim et haaretz โ Settling the country โ ืืืืฉืืื ืืช ืืืจืฅ
Yishoov โ Settling, populating โ ืืืฉืื
Leyashev โ To settle โ ืืืืฉื
Ee lo meyooshav โ An unpopulated island โ ืื ืื ืืืืฉื
Hoshava โ Seating โ ืืืฉืื
Sidurey hoshava โ Seating arrangements โ ืกืืืืจื ืืืฉืื
Hoshavat ha-muzmanim โ The guest seating arrangements โ ืืืฉืืช ืืืืืื ืื
Lelo hoshava โ Without seating โ ืืื ืืืฉืื
Kolel hoshava โ Including seating โ ืืืื ืืืฉืื
Lehoshiv โ To seat someone โ ืืืืฉืื
Anachnu moshivim et ha-yeled ba-moshav ha-kidmi โ We place the kid in the front seat โ ืื ืื ื ืืืฉืืืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืืฉื ืืงืืื
Miayd yoshivu etchem, beseder? โ Theyโll be taking you to your table in a sec. โ ืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืชืื
Miyad Yael toshiv etchem โ Yael will take you to your table in a sec. โ ืืืื ืืขื ืชืืฉืื ืืชืื
Miyad Roni yoshiv etchem โ Roni will take you to your table in a sec. โ ืืืื ืจืื ื ืืืฉืื ืืชืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Shlomo Artzi โ Ahrei Ha-kol At Shir (lyrics)
Shitat Alexander โ Eich Lehityashev
TV14 mitnahlim/mityashvim
Sidurei hoshava โ Seating arrangements
Lehoshiv ba-moshav ha-kidmi
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Ep. no. 124 about Kolel
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