#11 The Hebrew "-OOSH" Suffix
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 22 October 2013
โฑ๏ธ 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 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 (girl's 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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| 0:28.0 | Ha, you shits me guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:30.8 | Did you hear what I just said? |
| 0:32.1 | I didn't say, |
| 0:33.0 | shalom as usual. I said, haush. |
| 0:35.0 | So today we're going to talk about suffix Ush. |
| 0:38.0 | It's a diminutive suffix we got from Polish and other Slavic languages. |
| 0:42.0 | In Polish, Ush is used in order to we got from Polish and other Slavic languages. |
| 0:43.0 | In Polish, Ush is used in order to create nicknames for guys, so Piotr, Piotrush, Yatsuk, Yatsush, Yatsush, etc. |
| 0:50.5 | In Hebrew, we usually use it to make something smaller and cuter. |
| 0:54.0 | Ush has been here for a while, usually added to name so I was called Gaiush when I was little |
| 1:00.0 | and Galitiz Galitush, Eulush, etc. |
| 1:03.4 | Havitush was a famous TV character made of Havit barrel, |
| 1:07.3 | which all the kids knew. |
| 1:08.8 | In the last few years, teenage girls |
| 1:10.5 | started to use Ush obsessivelyively adding it to anything around them. |
| 1:16.0 | The Erznetderet parody show, our version of Saturday Night Live, made a skit about it. |
| 1:21.3 | Meet Keshat Liblich, a fictional 12-year-old character in the show played by actress |
| 1:25.6 | Shani Coyne. She gets ready for her but mitzvah. That's bar mitzvah for girls or should we say but meets vous? |
| 1:32.8 | Keshatush, |
| 1:34.3 | is the hush |
| 1:34.8 | my friends, |
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