#12 I'll Be Back in the Afternoon
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 29 October 2013
โฑ๏ธ 4 minutes
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Summary
In Hebrew, ืฆืืืจืืื means noon, and ืืืจ ืืฆืืืจืืื means afternoon. But the actual afternoon hours, the ones we Israelis think of as afternoon, may be completely different than your own. So what do we mean when we say, "call me in the afternoon"? Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
Tsohorayim โ Noon โ ืฆืืืจืืื
Hu hits-hir โ He declared โ ืืื ืืฆืืืจ
"Be-tsohoray ha-yom" โ At noon โ ืืฆืืืจื ืืืื
Aruchat tsohorayim โ Lunch โ ืืจืืืช ืฆืืืจืืื
Lifney ha-tsohorayim โ Before noon โ ืืคื ื ืืฆืืืจืืื
Achar/achrei ha-tsohorayim โ Afternoon โ ืืืจ/ืืืจื ืืฆืืืจืืื
Chamesh achar ha-tsohorayim โ Five in the afternoon โ ืืืฉ ืืื"ืฆ
Daber iti achar ha-tsohorayim โ Talk to me in the afternoon โ ืืืจ ืืืชื ืืืจ ืืฆืืืจืืื
"Arba Achar Hatsohrayim" โ Four in the afternoon, Galey Tsahal Radio show โ ืืจืืข ืืืจ ืืฆืืืจืืื
Aแบ-แบuhr ูฑูุธููููุฑ โ Noon prayer (Islam) โ ื-ื'ืืจ
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Playlist and Clips:
Teapacks โ Od Shabbatย (lyrics)
Berry Sakharof & Rami Fortis โ Ein Kets La-yaldootย (lyrics)
Zuhr prayer in Islam (Wikipedia)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It'll be one, great video. |
| 0:15.0 | A video. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:25.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:27.0 | Shallelum, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:30.0 | Today I want to talk about time in modern Hebrew. When we say |
| 0:33.2 | sauuuaiim or a khar at sauuwaiim what do we mean? The name of this song is Odd Shabbat another Saturday by a band called Tipex. |
| 0:49.4 | The word Tsahaim noontime comes from the root sadikhe-Hareh, which means to shine to illuminate. |
| 0:56.0 | Well, the sun is shining so it makes sense. |
| 0:58.0 | You'll hear some people saying Zaharaim in colloquial Hebrew, the official version is Zohuai. |
| 1:04.2 | This route has made a big career in Hebrew, so one example is, |
| 1:07.6 | he's here, he declared, which means he illuminated something he's got to say. |
| 1:13.0 | Nice, isn't it? |
| 1:14.0 | It's a way y'ayyum |
| 1:17.0 | a kotabum |
| 1:20.0 | a d'uadum |
| 1:21.0 | which he'll hehajom, literally it means in the Tsuraim of the day, it's a smichut, compound noun, |
| 1:29.5 | and this is why Tsuraim becomes Tsahore. The im falls in Smihut and becomes a like haim, |
| 1:36.1 | and this is a famous song by Rami Foltis and Barry Sakharov and it says |
| 1:40.8 | Btsahoreh Hayom, Hakol Zavua Adom. |
| 1:44.0 | In the Zahorheim of the day in the midday hours, |
| 1:47.0 | everything is painted red. So I'm is known according to the O'H'Ankets layaldu, she'll fall |
| 1:57.0 | a bit. |
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