#131 No jealousy and no grudge, just "firgun" and love
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 7 June 2016
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
"Lefargen" is a rather special word with no simple translation into English. It means to express happiness for someone, to encourage and praise them with full empathy. As host Guy Sharett explains, in some cases it can mean to give something out of the goodness of your heart. Get ready for a feel-good episode!
New words & expressions:
Lefargen โ To express happiness for someone, to encourage and praise them with full empathy โ ืืคืจืื
Firgun (verbal noun) โ The act of "lefargen" โ ืคืจืืื
Farginen (Yiddish) โ "Lefargen" โ ืคึฟืึทืจืืื ืขื
Farginen sich (Yiddish) โืืื ืคึฟืึทืจืืื ืขื โ Lefargen le-atsmo โ ืืคืจืื ืืขืฆืื โ To allow oneself to do something
Vergรnnen (German) โ To grant someone something
Hu firgen le mishehu โ He "firgened" (to) someone โ ืืื ืคืจืื ืืืืฉืื
Fargen lo (imperative) โ "Fargen" (to) him! โ ืคืจืื ืื
Az ten kavod, fargen le'atsmecha - So give respect, "fargen" (to) yourself โ ืื ืชื ืืืื, ืคืจืื ืืขืฆืื
Zo she-tsricha lilmod lefargen le-atsma โ The one (fem.) who needs to learn to "lefargen" (to) herself โ ืื ืฉืฆืจืืื ืืืืื ืืคืจืื ืืขืฆืื
Lefargen le'atsmecha, le'atsmech, le'atsmechem โ "Lefargen" to yourself/yourselves โ ืืคืจืื ืืขืฆืื/ืืขืฆืืื
Ein kin'a ve-ein tina, rak firgun ve-ahava - No jealousy and no grudge, just firgun, and love โ ืืื ืงื ืื ืืืื ืืื ื, ืจืง ืคืจืืื ืืืืื
Sihot mefargenot โ Positive conversations โ ืฉืืืืช ืืคืจืื ืืช
Ben zug mefargen/Bat zug mefargenet โ A supportive partner โ ืื/ืืช ืืื ืืคืจืื/ืืคืจืื ืช
Hu firgen li be-zer prahim madhim โ He "firgened" me with an amazing bouquet of flowers โ ืืื ืคืจืื ืื ืืืจ ืคืจืืื ืืืืื
Fargen li eize espresso (imperative) โ Make me an espresso! โ ืคืจืื ืื ืืืื ืืกืคืจืกื
Lefargen lecha eize ugat shokolad? โ Can I "lefargen" you a chocolate cake? โ ?ืืคืจืื ืื ืืืื ืขืืืช ืฉืืงืืื
Toda al ha-firgun โ Thanks for the "firgun" โ ืชืืื ืขื ืืคืจืืื
Rak ratziti lefargen โ I just wanted to compliment you โ ืจืง ืจืฆืืชื ืืคืจืื
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Playlist and clips:
Networking Iski โ Firgun
Nati Levy โ Dai Lisno (lyrics)
Tachles โ Shuvo Shel Ha-Sachbak (lyrics)
Sharon Haziz โ Mar'ah, Mar'ah (lyrics)
Eti Levy & Zehava Ben โ Dam Ehad (lyrics)
Etnix โ Ha-Tov Kore (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:07.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Steechylum, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | I think we're talking about a fairgun. |
| 0:18.0 | Fergus, I'm going to my life, |
| 0:19.0 | and this kind of expecting. |
| 0:21.0 | So I have a farg seen him and she's automatic and |
| 0:23.7 | we'll go to the same as we'll go to the same |
| 0:26.7 | that we're for me for the name, |
| 0:28.0 | but we can't make him. |
| 0:29.8 | Two listeners is Raphael Ebarkey from Tel Aviv and Tally Kellerstein from Toronto, Canada asked |
| 0:35.2 | me separately to talk about Lefargen, Fyrgun, a cool route pay-resch, Gimmel Nun. |
| 0:42.8 | This is a YouTube clip I found. |
| 0:44.6 | We'll listen to it again at the end of the show. |
| 0:47.1 | Le Fargen comes from Yiddish, the Jewish-German dialect, |
| 0:50.7 | Farginen, and in the great Tsun Yiddish Hebrew dictionary, I found this definition, |
| 0:56.4 | Farginin looked in a good eye at something, saw something as positive. |
| 1:02.0 | In German, Fargunginen means to grant someone something. |
| 1:06.2 | Also in Hebrew, we'll get to it in a sec. |
| 1:08.9 | Then there is Ferginen Zich in Yiddish that's allowed himself to do something. |
| 1:14.6 | In Hebrew, Fargen leaizmon. |
| 1:17.0 | So Lefargen plus preposition lee to someone does not have an exact equivalent in English. |
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