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Streetwise Hebrew

#109 The Art of Saying โ€œI Don't Knowโ€ (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Israel, Tlv1, Religion & Spirituality, Language Learning, Education, Language, Judaism, Hebrew, Streetwise

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 10 June 2025

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

โ€œI donโ€™t 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 donโ€™t 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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New Words and Expressions:

Ani lo yodeโ€™a / yodaโ€™at โ€“ I donโ€™t know โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ื™ื•ื“ืข / ืื ื™ ืœื ื™ื•ื“ืขืช

โ€œLo yodeโ€™a, slichaโ€ โ€“ Sorry, I donโ€™t know โ€“ ืœื ื™ื•ื“ืข, ืกืœื™ื—ื”

Ani mamash lo yodeโ€™a/yodaโ€™at โ€“ I really donโ€™t know โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืžืฉ ืœื ื™ื•ื“ืข/ื™ื•ื“ืขืช

Ksheโ€™at omeret lo, le-ma at mitkavenet? โ€“ When you say no, what do you actually mean? โ€“ ื›ืฉืืช ืื•ืžืจืช ืœื ืœืžื” ืืช ืžืชื›ื•ื•ื ืช

โ€œKshe-isha omeret lo, hi mitkavenet le-loโ€ โ€“ When a woman says โ€˜noโ€™, she means no โ€“ ื›ืฉืื™ืฉื” ืื•ืžืจืช ืœื, ื”ื™ื ืžืชื›ื•ื•ื ืช ืœืœื

Me-efo ani yodea โ€“ How would I know? โ€“ ืžืื™ืคื” ืื ื™ ื™ื•ื“ืข/ืช

Me-efo li ladaโ€™at? โ€“ How would I know? โ€“ ืžืื™ืคื” ืœื™ ืœื“ืขืช

Me-efo ani eda โ€“ How would I know? โ€“ ืžืื™ืคื” ืื ื™ ืื“ืข

Ani yodeโ€™a, ani? โ€“ How do I know? โ€“ ืื ื™ ื™ื•ื“ืข, ืื ื™

Ein li musag ma osim โ€“ I donโ€™t have a clue what to do โ€“ ืื™ืŸ ืœื™ ืžื•ืฉื’ ืžื” ืขื•ืฉื™ื

Yesh lach/lecha ulay musagโ€ฆ โ€“ Do you have a clueโ€ฆ โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœืš ืื•ืœื™ ืžื•ืฉื’

Ein li shemetz shel musag โ€“ I donโ€™t have a shred of a clue โ€“ ืื™ืŸ ืœื™ ืฉืžืฅ ืฉืœ ืžื•ืฉื’

Ana aref? โ€“ How do I know (Ar.) โ€“ ืื ื ืขืืจืฃ

Ana arfa โ€“ I know (Ar., f.) โ€“ ืื ื™ ืขืืจืคื”

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Playlist and Clips:

Ha-tarnegolim โ€“ Ksheโ€™at omeret lo (lyrics)

Carolina โ€“ Machmaโ€™ot (lyrics)

Ha-dorbanim โ€“ Yatsanu Lirkod (lyrics)

Tamer Hosny โ€“ Yaโ€™ani Khalasย 

Latifa โ€“ Ana Arfa

Shalom Hanoch โ€“ Lo Yodeโ€™a Eich Lomar Lach (lyrics)

Transcript

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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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