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Streetwise Hebrew

#115 You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone!

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 20 January 2016

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

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Summary

You can "miss" a lot of different things: a bus, a lesson, miss someone, miss the point, and much more. Hebrew does not use one verb for all of the above, and some acrobatics is needed. Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Ani mit-ga-ah-ge-ah elayich โ€“ I miss you (m to f)ย  โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื’ืขื’ืข ืืœื™ื™ืš

Ani mit-ga-ah-ge-ah elecha โ€“ I miss you (m to m) โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื’ืขื’ืข ืืœื™ืš

Ani mit-ga-ah-ga-at elecha โ€“ I miss you (f to m) โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื’ืขื’ืขืช ืืœื™ืš

Ani mit-ga-ah-ga-at elayich โ€“ I miss you (f to f) โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชื’ืขื’ืขืช ืืœื™ื™ืš

Pashut le-hit-ga-ah-ge-ah โ€“ Just to long for โ€“ ืคืฉื•ื˜ ืœื”ืชื’ืขื’ืข

Hitga'gati az bati โ€“ I was nostalgic, so I came by โ€“ ื”ืชื’ืขื’ืขืชื™ ืื– ื‘ืืชื™

Hitga'aganu elayich โ€“ We missed you โ€“ ื”ืชื’ืขื’ืขื ื• ืืœื™ื™ืš

Techsar lanu, techsari lanu, techsaru lanu โ€“ We'll miss you โ€“ ืชื—ืกืจ ืœื ื•, ืชื—ืกืจื™ ืœื ื•, ืชื—ืกืจื• ืœื ื•

Ata chaser li โ€“ I miss you โ€“ ืืชื” ื—ืกืจ ืœื™

At chasera lanu, atem chaserim lanu, aten chaserot lanu โ€“ I miss you โ€“ ืืช ื—ืกืจื” ืœื ื•, ืืชื ื—ืกืจื™ื ืœื ื•, ืืชืŸ ื—ืกืจื•ืช ืœื ื•

Lehachsir shi'oorim โ€“ To miss lessons โ€“ ืœื”ื—ืกื™ืจ ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ื

Hichsarta harbeh shi'urim โ€“ You missed a lot of lessons โ€“ ื”ื—ืกืจืช ื”ืจื‘ื” ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ื

Yesh lecha harbeh chisurim โ€“ You have lots of absences โ€“ ื™ืฉ ืœืš ื”ืจื‘ื” ื—ื™ืกื•ืจื™ื

Fisfasti et ha-otobus โ€“ I missed the bus โ€“ ืคืกืคืกืชื™ ืืช ื”ืื•ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืก

Fisfasta/fisfast โ€“ You missed out โ€“ ืคืกืคืกืช

Fisfasnu echad et hasheni โ€“ We missed each other โ€“ ืคืกืคืกื ื• ืื—ื“ ืืช ื”ืฉื ื™

Hitfasfasnu โ€“ We missed each other โ€“ ื”ืชืคืกืคืกื ื•

Mashehu hitfasfes โ€“ Something went wrong โ€“ ืžืฉื”ื• ื”ืชืคืกืคืก

Eizeh fisfoos โ€“ What a miss/bummer! โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ืคืกืคื•ืก

Fisfasti et ha-hofa'ah โ€“ I missed the show โ€“ ืคืกืคืกืชื™ ืืช ื”ื”ื•ืคืขื”

Eizeh hachmatsa! โ€“ What a miss! โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื”ื—ืžืฆื”

Asur lehachmitz / al tachmitsu / lo lefasfes โ€“ You can't miss it โ€“ ืืกื•ืจ ืœื”ื—ืžื™ืฅ /ย  ืืœ ืชื—ืžื™ืฆื• / ืœื ืœืคืกืคืก

Ata mefasfes et ha-nekuda โ€“ You're missing the point โ€“ ืืชื” ืžืคืกืคืก ืืช ื”ื ืงื•ื“ื”

"Ani mevateret al ha-chagiga" โ€“ I am skipping the party โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžื•ื•ืชืจืช ืขืœ ื”ื—ื’ื™ื’ื”

Nir'eh li she-ani mevater โ€“ I think I'll skip it โ€“ ื ืจืื” ืœื™ ืฉืื ื™ ืžื•ื•ืชืจ

Kim'at ve-nifga โ€“ Near miss โ€“ ื›ืžืขื˜ ื•ื ืคื’ืข

Lo hifsadeta harbeh โ€“ You didn't miss much โ€“ ืœื ื”ืคืกื“ืช ื”ืจื‘ื”

Lehafsid โ€“ To lose โ€“ ืœื”ืคืกื™ื“

Hifsadtem! โ€“ You guys missed it โ€“ ื”ืคืกื“ืชื

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Playlist and Clips:

Shlomo Artzi โ€“ Ha-ahava ha-yeshana (lyrics)

Ha-chaverim shel Natasha โ€“ Achshav Ani (lyrics)

Miri Masika โ€“ Ba'ah Eleychem (lyrics)

Nurit Galron โ€“ Ata Po Chaser Li (lyrics)

Tutorial for teachers โ€“ absence, hisurim

Gazoz โ€“ Cafรฉ ba-tachtit (lyrics)

Boaz Banai โ€“ Paris ba-choref (lyrics)

Dana Berger โ€“ Ba ve-holech (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELV1.

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TELV1.

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Street-wise.

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Street-wise.

0:12.0

Hebrew. Shalom.

0:14.0

It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:16.0

Listener and patron Barbara Aronson asked me to talk about To Miss in English.

0:21.0

How do we say it in Hebrew in all possible meanings? Great question

0:25.1

Achlachelet to da babababa. Let's start with how do you say I miss you. So

0:30.3

I miss you is Animitga ga Elaich or Elecha just like here.

0:35.6

I would ma'am shoo pashuly gaggea

0:40.8

just to miss too long for it goes with ele or le. It's Gagati as butty.

0:55.0

It's gagati as butty.

0:57.0

I felt longing, I felt nostalgia, so I came by. I'm not a mah, it's yahy

1:12.8

you're gah nah, we missed.

1:17.0

Hitzagano, we missed, meaning Kitzaganoich, we missed you, feminine form.

1:24.2

The root here is four letters, gimel, one, and it exists only in the reflexive

1:30.6

binian hit pael.

1:32.1

If you speak Spanish, French, Italian, this structure is not like in your languages

1:36.0

where you say you are missed to me in Hebrew I am doing the job

1:41.0

a name it's gagae a lecha or a lych.

1:44.7

But how do we say in Hebrew, he'll be sorely missed.

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