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Streetwise Hebrew

#116 Get up close and personal with your Hebrew

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 26 January 2016

โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes

๐Ÿงพ๏ธ Download transcript

Summary

As soon as you get close to the root ืงืจื‘ ("k.r.b") you realize there's much to learn: From family members to boxing matches to intestines. Host Guy Sharett helps us make sense of it all, including how it relates to the Aussie TV show "Home and Away."

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New words & expressions:

Nachon at krova โ€“ It's true, you're close โ€“ ื ื›ื•ืŸ ืืช ืงืจื•ื‘ื”

Karov, krova, krovim, krovot โ€“ Close โ€“ ืงืจื•ื‘, ืงืจื•ื‘ื”, ืงืจื•ื‘ื™ื, ืงืจื•ื‘ื•ืช

Krov mishpacha (karov) โ€“ Family member; relative โ€“ ืงืจื•ื‘ ืžืฉืคื—ื”

Ve'ani shoelet oto im hu yachol laazor li limtso et krovey ha-mishpacha shelanu bi-shchem โ€“ And I ask him whether he can help me to find our relatives in Nablus โ€“ ื•ืื ื™ ืฉื•ืืœืช ืื•ืชื• ืื ื”ื•ื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืขื–ื•ืจ ืœื™ ืœืžืฆื•ื ืืช ืงืจื•ื‘ื™ ื”ืžืฉืคื—ื” ืฉืœื ื• ื‘ืฉื›ื

Kirvat dam โ€“ Blood relation โ€“ ืงืจื‘ืช ื“ื

Karov rachok โ€“ Distant relative โ€“ ืงืจื•ื‘ ืจื—ื•ืง

Be-karov โ€“ Soon โ€“ ื‘ืงืจื•ื‘

Mi-karov โ€“ Closely โ€“ ืžืงืจื•ื‘

Lekarev โ€“ To bring closer โ€“ ืœืงืจื‘

Ata yachol lekarev et ha-salat ktsat? โ€“ Could you move the salad a bit closer (to me)? โ€“ ?ืืชื” ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืงืจื‘ ืืช ื”ืกืœื˜ ืงืฆืช

Mekoravim โ€“ Cronies, close associates โ€“ ืžืงื•ืจื‘ื™ื

Lehitkarev โ€“ To approach โ€“ ืœื”ืชืงืจื‘

Hitkarvut โ€“ Getting closer (noun), rapprochement โ€“ ื”ืชืงืจื‘ื•ืช

Lehakriv โ€“ To sacrifice โ€“ ืœื”ืงืจื™ื‘

Ani muchan lehakriv et ha-avoda sheli lema'anโ€ฆ โ€“ I'm ready to sacrifice my job for... โ€“ ืื ื™ ืžื•ื›ืŸ ืœื”ืงืจื™ื‘ ืืช ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืฉืœื™ ืœืžืขืŸ

Korban โ€“ A sacrifice; victim โ€“ ืงื•ืจื‘ืŸ

Lehitkarben โ€“ To behave as if you're a victim โ€“ ืœื”ืชืงืจื‘ืŸ

Hitkarbenut โ€“ Behaving like a victim โ€“ ื”ืชืงืจื‘ื ื•ืช

Ha-korban ha-ultimativi hu adam she-makriv et atsmo lema'an acherim โ€“ The ultimate victim is a person who sacrifices himself for the sake of the others โ€“ ื”ืงื•ืจื‘ืŸ ื”ืื•ืœื˜ื™ืžื˜ื™ื‘ื™ ื”ื•ื ืื“ื ืฉืžืงืจื™ื‘ ืืช ืขืฆืžื• ืœืžืขืŸ ืื—ืจื™ื

Hakrava โ€“ Self-sacrifice; sacrificing โ€“ ื”ืงืจื‘ื”

Krav โ€“ Battle; bout โ€“ ืงืจื‘

Krav igruf โ€“ Boxing match โ€“ ืงืจื‘ ืื™ื’ืจื•ืฃ

Sde krav โ€“ Battle field โ€“ ืฉื“ื” ืงืจื‘

Krav Maga (an Israeli martial art) โ€“ ืงืจื‘ ืžื’ืข

Du krav โ€“ Duel โ€“ ื“ื•-ืงืจื‘

Hem hayu chayalim kraviyim โ€“ They were combat soldiers โ€“ ื”ื ื”ื™ื• ื—ื™ื™ืœื™ื ืงืจื‘ื™ื™ื

Sherut kravi โ€“ Combat service โ€“ ืฉื™ืจื•ืช ืงืจื‘ื™

Kraviyut โ€“ Combativeness; argumentation โ€“ ืงืจื‘ื™ื•ึผืช

Kerev โ€“ Inside โ€“ ืงืจื‘

Be-kerev โ€“ Within; among โ€“ ื‘ืงืจื‘

Toda mi-kerev lev โ€“ Thanks from the bottom of my heart โ€“ ืชื•ื“ื” ืžืงืจื‘ ืœื‘

Kravayim โ€“ Intestines โ€“ ืงืจื‘ื™ื™ื

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Playlist and clips:
Daniel Salomon โ€“ Ahava (Lyrics)
Kirvat Dam Documentary Trailer (Heb.) (Eng.)
Home and Away
Krovim Krovim Sitcom
Assaf Amdursky โ€“ Yakirati (Lyrics)
Arik Einstein โ€“ Sus Etz (Lyrics)
Al Tihyu Korban โ€“ Riki Kitaro (coach)
Efrat Gosh โ€“ Krav Igruf (Lyrics)
Krav Maga
Du Krav (Duel) The Voice

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLC1.

0:10.0

St.L. V1. Streatwise.

0:12.0

Hibro. Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew.

0:16.0

Stephen Williamovsky asked me to talk about Kuf Resh Bet, Kaurov, close, and its family, Achla Rayon Stephen, Todankke.

0:25.0

Nachon at Kova, and I'm on Chelyat me

0:30.0

the gregheshe.

0:32.0

Nachon at Krovah, it's true your close feminine form. So Krov is close, adjective.

0:40.1

Krova feminine, Krovim, plural, krovot plural feminine.

0:45.0

It's also a family relative noun, so who krovshali is my relative,

0:51.0

the real noun is Krov mmishpach, family relatives,

0:55.0

smichrud, compound noun, but we can just say krov,

0:58.0

that's fine as well.

0:59.0

I love mezne, but I'm not sure what I'll tell you all the same time and I'm sure lassol and limt so it kowhachhachs in the nubichem. Vaini Shoele Toto and we're holazole and

1:03.0

so it can be

1:05.0

I'm going to be shim. Vaines show erele to to, and I'm asking him,

1:08.0

I'm who yacholazole if he can help me,

1:12.0

Limtsoe at Kovehahmishpachshelano Bichkem

1:16.7

to find our family relatives in Nablus.

1:20.1

This is the voice of Kovetmishpachcheli relative of mine, Noah Ben Hagai, a documentary filmmaker.

1:27.5

And this is taken from her documentary film called Kirvat Dam.

1:31.5

And she went to find her grandma's sister in the West Bank.

1:35.3

In 1943, her grandmother's sister disappeared suddenly.

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