#142 WhatsApp with your Hebrew!?
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 โข 988 Ratings
๐๏ธ 14 September 2016
โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes
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Summary
Israelis love WhatsApp groups. It's how journalists receive the latest news updates, it's how sports teams arrange lifts for upcoming matches, it's how school parents communicate about homework, and, of course, it's how friends plan their weekend get-together. So this week, host Guy Sharett explains how Israelis communicate in WhatsApp groups. We use a special brand of concise, efficient Hebrew that should be acknowledged and celebrated!
New words & expressions:
No'ach le- โ Convenient for โ -ื ืื ื
Lo no'ach li lavo โ It's not convenient for me to come โ ืื ื ืื ืื ืืืื
Shmone lo no'ach li โ Eight is not good for me โ ืฉืืื ื ืื ื ืื ืื
No'ach lach machar ba-boker? โ Is it convenient for you (f.) tomorrow morning? โ ?ื ืื ืื ืืืจ ืืืืงืจ
No'ach lecha shavu'a ha-ba? โ Is it convenient for you (m.) next week? โ ?ื ืื ืื ืฉืืืข ืืื
No'ach lachem ha-yom me'uchar ba-layla? โ Is it convenient for you (pl.) today late at night? โ ?ื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืืื
Le-Eyal lo no'ach ha-yom โ For Eyal it's not convenient today โ ืืืืื ืื ื ืื ืืืื
Eyal lo yachol ha-yom โ Eyal can't (come) today โ ืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืื
Ze beseder im ani avo im mishehu? โ Is it okay if I bring someone along? โ ?ืื ืืกืืจ ืื ืื ื ืืืื ืขื ืืืฉืื
Okei โ Okay โ ืืืงืื
Li (ze) sababa โ For me it's great โ ืื (ืื) ืกืืื
Sababa legamrei โ Totally great โ ืกืืื ืืืืจื
Sababs, Sababation โ Great โ ืกืืืก, ืกืืืืืฉื
Sagur โ Deal โ ืกืืืจ
Mi yachol...? โ Who can...? โ ?...ืื ืืืื
Mi yachol be-shesh? โ Who can (meet/do it) at six? โ ?ืื ืืืื ืืฉืฉ
Yesh mishehu she-yacholโฆ? โ Is there someone who canโฆ? โ ?...ืืฉ ืืืฉืื ืฉืืืื
Sulam, yesh lemishehu? โ Ladder, anyone has (one)? โ ?ืกืืื, ืืฉ ืืืืฉืื
Ha-mispar shel Eli, yesh le-mishehu? โ Eliโs number, anyone has (it)? โ ?ืืืกืคืจ ืฉื ืืื, ืืฉ ืืืืฉืื
Eize kav, mi yode'a? โ Which bus line, who knows? โ ?ืืืื ืงื, ืื ืืืืข
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:03.0 | TELB1. |
| 0:07.0 | Street wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Streatwise. |
| 0:12.0 | Hibro. Shalom, it's me Guy from... Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | Something about the Resh I owe you from our last episode, as some listeners were wondering, |
| 0:21.0 | the Resh we used today is not Russian nor Sephardi, it's something else. |
| 0:26.4 | So even if the Russian accent influenced our Reh, historically, today it's a new thing, very different from from Russian which you should learn how to pronounce |
| 0:36.2 | And now to today's show in Israel we love using what's app the online messaging app |
| 0:41.8 | It's very handy to write a few people at the same time, |
| 0:45.0 | let's say to organize a picnic or something, |
| 0:47.0 | and knowing the language Israelis use there is important. |
| 0:51.0 | So today I'd like to talk about these words and expressions that can |
| 0:54.7 | come up in a dialogue or a multilogue like that. No-Ach leh, no a me love on. |
| 1:03.0 | I didn't like. |
| 1:05.0 | No ache, comfortable for, convenient for. |
| 1:12.0 | So no-ach, non-vavchret, is an adjective convenient and it comes with |
| 1:16.8 | preposition lee to, lo noach lei le. Literally, it's not convenient for me to come. You can also say |
| 1:26.4 | Schmonรฉ Lonoachli or Schmonรฉ lotovli. Eight is not good for me. If Jesha is 9 okay and the le plus pronoun will change according |
| 1:38.0 | to the person you talk to so no a laach machar babokker to a girl no a lecha, shavuabah to a guy, no |
| 1:46.2 | lachem Hayo Meuhar Balayla for plural, etc. |
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