#115 You're gonna miss me when I'm gone!

Streetwise Hebrew

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

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The word "miss" has many meanings in English: You can miss 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. Host Guy Sharett explains.

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New words & expressions:

I miss you – Ani mitga'a'gea eleycha/elayich – אני מתגעגע אלייך

Pashut lehitga'ge'a – Just to miss, to long for – פשוט להתגעגע

Hitga'gati az bati – I had a longing, so I came by – התגעגעתי אז באתי

Hitga'aganu elayich – We missed you (f.) – התגעגענו אלייך

Techsar lanu, techsari lanu, techsaru lanu – We'll miss you – תחסר לנו/תחסרי לנו/תחסרו לנו

Chaser – Missing – חסר

Ata po chaser li – You're missed by me here – אתה פה חסר לי

Lehachsir shi'urim – To miss lessons – להחסיר שיעורים

Hichsarta harbe shi'urim – You missed many lessons – החסרת הרבה שיעורים

Chisur/im – Absence/s – חיסור/ים

Yesh lecha harbe chisurim – You've got many absences – יש לך הרבה חיסורים

Fisfasta et ha-otobus - You missed the bus – פספסת את האוטובוס

Fisfasta – You missed out – פספסת

Fisfasnu echad et hasheni/Hiftasfasnnu – We missed each other – פספסנו אחד את השני / התפספסנו

Eize fisfus – What a bummer (too bad this opportunity was missed) – איזה פספוס

Mashehu hitfasfes – Something went wrong – משהו התפספס

Hichmatsti, lehachmits – I missed/To miss (an event) – החמצתי, להחמיץ

Hachmatsa – A missed opportunity – החמצה

Ata mefasfes et ha-nekuda – You're missing the point – אתה מפספס את הנקודה

Asur lehachmitz, al tachmitsu, lo lefasfes – You can't miss it – אסור להחמיץ, אל תחמיצו, לא לפספס

Ani mevateret al ha-chagiga – I am giving the party a miss – אני מוותרת על החגיגה

Nire'e li she-ani mevater – I think I am going to give it a miss – נראה לי שאני מוותר

Kimat ve-nifga – A near miss – כמעט ונפגע

Lo hifsadta harbe – You didn't miss much – לא הפסדת הרבה

Hifsadtem! – You guys missed out! – !הפסדתם

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Playlist and clips:
Shlomo Artzi – Ha-ahava Ha-yeshana (Lyrics)
Ha-chaverim shel Natasha – Achshav Ani (Lyrics)
Miri Masika – Ba'a Eleychem (Lyrics)
Nurit Galron – Ata Po Chaser Li (Lyrics)
Gazoz – Café Ba-tachtit (Lyrics)
Boaz Banai – Paris Ba-choref (Lyrics)
Dana Berger – Ba Ve-holech (Lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELV1.
0:02.0	TELV1.
0:04.0	Street-wise.
0:10.0	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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