#11 The Hebrew “-Oosh” Suffix (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

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 – Hey there (slang) – היוש

Guyoosh, Galitoosh, Eyaloosh – Guy, Galit, Eyal (diminutive) – גיוש, גליתוש, איילוש

Havitoosh – חביתוש

Havit – Barrel – חבית

Bat mitsvoosh – Bat mitzvah (diminutive) – בת מצווש

Keshetoosh – Keshet (girl’s first name) + oosh – קשתוש

Im atem mitgarshim, ani holechet im aboosh – If you guys get divorced, I am going with Daddy – אם אתה מתגרשים אני הולכת עם אבוש

Aboosh – Daddy – אבא + וש, אבוש

Maxim, maximoosh – Wonderful – מקסים, מקסימוש

Madhim, madhimoosh – Amazing – מדהים, מדהימוש

Instagram, Instoosh – אינסטוש

Forever, foreveroosh; Evita, evitoosh

Araboosh – Arab (derogatory term) – ערבוש

Playlist and Clips:

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Yehudit Ravits – Ha-yalda Hachi Yafa Ba-gan (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:03.0	This week we are replaying an episode from our archive.
0:06.0	Patrons will find the brand new All Hebrew sister episode
0:10.0	written and recorded this week on Patreon.com
0:14.4	slash streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private
0:18.6	podcast feed. As you may already know we started creating the All Hebrew episodes, starting with episode
0:25.5	number 181.
0:28.1	So once in a while, we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode like this week.
0:35.0	Enjoy.
0:36.0	This is T.L.
0:39.0	1. Street-wise Hebrew. Did you hear what I just said.
0:44.0	Street-wise Hebrew.
0:48.0	Ah, you shits me guy from Street-wise Hebrew.
0:51.0	Did you hear what I just said? I didn't say
0:53.7	shalom as usual I said haush. So today we're going to talk about suffix Ush
0:58.8	it's a diminutive suffix we got from Polish and other Slavic languages.
1:04.0	In Polish, Ush is used in order to create nicknames for guys, so Piotr, Piotrush, Yatsik, Yatsush, etc.
1:11.5	In Hebrew we usually use it to make something smaller and cuter.
1:16.0	Ush has been here for a while usually added to name so I was called Gaiush when I was little and
1:20.9	Galitish Galitush, Eulush, etc.
1:24.0	Havitush was a famous TV character made of Havit barrel,
1:28.0	which all the kids knew.
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