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๐๏ธ 10 June 2025
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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โI donโt knowโ is one of the most important things you need to know how to say in any language. Guy explains how to say to someone that you donโt have a clue in Hebrew, and even suggests what you should do with your shoulders and bottom lip while saying it.
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Ani lo yodeโa / yodaโat โ I donโt know โ ืื ื ืื ืืืืข / ืื ื ืื ืืืืขืช
โLo yodeโa, slichaโ โ Sorry, I donโt know โ ืื ืืืืข, ืกืืืื
Ani mamash lo yodeโa/yodaโat โ I really donโt know โ ืื ื ืืืฉ ืื ืืืืข/ืืืืขืช
Ksheโat omeret lo, le-ma at mitkavenet? โ When you say no, what do you actually mean? โ ืืฉืืช ืืืืจืช ืื ืืื ืืช ืืชืืืื ืช
โKshe-isha omeret lo, hi mitkavenet le-loโ โ When a woman says โnoโ, she means no โ ืืฉืืืฉื ืืืืจืช ืื, ืืื ืืชืืืื ืช ืืื
Me-efo ani yodea โ How would I know? โ ืืืืคื ืื ื ืืืืข/ืช
Me-efo li ladaโat? โ How would I know? โ ืืืืคื ืื ืืืขืช
Me-efo ani eda โ How would I know? โ ืืืืคื ืื ื ืืืข
Ani yodeโa, ani? โ How do I know? โ ืื ื ืืืืข, ืื ื
Ein li musag ma osim โ I donโt have a clue what to do โ ืืื ืื ืืืฉื ืื ืขืืฉืื
Yesh lach/lecha ulay musagโฆ โ Do you have a clueโฆ โ ืืฉ ืื ืืืื ืืืฉื
Ein li shemetz shel musag โ I donโt have a shred of a clue โ ืืื ืื ืฉืืฅ ืฉื ืืืฉื
Ana aref? โ How do I know (Ar.) โ ืื ื ืขืืจืฃ
Ana arfa โ I know (Ar., f.) โ ืื ื ืขืืจืคื
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Playlist and Clips:
Ha-tarnegolim โ Ksheโat omeret lo (lyrics)
Carolina โ Machmaโot (lyrics)
Ha-dorbanim โ Yatsanu Lirkod (lyrics)
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0:00.0 | This is TLB1. |
0:10.4 | Shalom. |
0:12.7 | Shalom. |
0:13.7 | It's me, Guy, from Streetwise Hebrew. |
0:15.9 | Listener Nick Maruli wrote me that there seemed to be many ways to say, |
0:20.5 | I don't know. |
0:21.7 | I don't know. |
0:21.8 | I know O'Do Odea in Hebrew. |
0:23.8 | And ask me to talk about it. |
0:25.5 | Great idea. |
0:26.4 | Tadarabaniq. |
0:27.3 | This is what we're going to do today. |
0:29.1 | So let's start with the obvious, |
0:30.8 | I know Odiya. |
0:32.8 | I don't know. |
0:36.2 | Often when we speak, you'll be hearing an laudea so ani loyodea becomes |
0:43.1 | an laudera ani loyodata becomes an laudat unlawdaat often we drop the pronoun so just to say loyodea or lo dea, although it's less polite, it's okay. |
0:57.6 | So someone asked for instructions in the street, I can tell her, |
1:01.5 | no need to say, I need to say, I need, really. |
1:06.7 | Body language-wise, what we do, shoulders go up, |
1:10.7 | head is moving to the sides, |
1:13.1 | bottom lip goes up a bit, and we pull a face of, I don't know. |
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