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Streetwise Hebrew

#147 What a Life! (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 3 June 2025

โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today Guy talks about word eizรฉ, โ€œwhat a,โ€ a word we frequently use in various contexts. How do we use it, and what happens when we add it to mashehu, โ€œsomething,โ€ or mishehu, โ€œsomeoneโ€?

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New Words and Expressions:

Eizo misโ€™ada โ€“ What a restaurant โ€“ ืื™ื–ื• ืžืกืขื“ื”

Eize misโ€™ada (coll.) / Ssssรฉ misโ€™ada โ€“ What a restaurant โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ืžืกืขื“ื”

Eize basa โ€“ What a bummer โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื‘ืืกื”

Eize ben adam โ€“ What a person โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื‘ืŸ ืื“ื

Eize fashla โ€“ What a mess-up โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ืคืฉืœื”

Eize hagzamot! โ€“ Such exaggeration! โ€“ !ืื™ื–ื” ื”ื’ื–ืžื•ืช

Eize hisachfut! โ€“ Thatโ€™s so over-the-top! โ€“ !ืื™ื–ื” ื”ื™ืกื—ืคื•ืช

Eize keta/ktaโ€™im โ€“ย  How funny/What a surprise โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ืงื˜ืข/ืงื˜ืขื™ื

Eize keif lishmoโ€™a โ€“ So happy to hear (the news) โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื›ื™ืฃ ืœืฉืžื•ืข

Eize yoffie โ€“ How great โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื™ื•ืคื™

Eize nefila โ€“ What a flop โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื ืคื™ืœื”

Eize fisfus โ€“ What a bummer โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ืคืกืคื•ืก

Wow, eize rishmiyut โ€“ Wow, such formality โ€“ ื•ื•ืื•, ืื™ื–ื” ืจืฉืžื™ื•ืช

Eize hultsa lilbosh, zot o zot? โ€“ Which shirt should I wear, this one or that one? โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื—ื•ืœืฆื” ืœืœื‘ื•ืฉ, ื–ืืช ืื• ื–ืืช

Eize rofe โ€“ Which doctor โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ืจื•ืคื

(Be-) eize yom? โ€“ On what day? โ€“ ืื™ื–ื” ื™ื•ื

Chikiti eize shaโ€™a โ€“ I waited for like an hour โ€“ ื—ื™ื›ื™ืชื™ ืื™ื–ื” ืฉืขื”

Tamlits li al eize sefer โ€“ Could you recommend a book for me? โ€“ ืชืžืœื™ืฅ ืœื™ ืขืœ ืื™ื–ื” ืกืคืจ

Haya sham eize mishehu โ€“ There was some guy there โ€“ ื”ื™ื” ืฉื ืื™ื–ื” ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Tavi eize mashehu โ€“ Get me something โ€“ ืชื‘ื™ื ืื™ื–ื” ืžืฉื”ื•

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Playlist and Clips:

Dudu Tassa โ€“ Eize Yom (lyrics)

Dalia Amihud โ€“ Eize Ben Adam (lyrics)

Ep. no. 51 about yofi

Ep. no. 108 about basa, bummer

Ep. no. 112 about rishmiyoot, formality

Ep. no. 115 about fisfoos, loss

Ep. no. 118 about nefila, flop

Ep. no. 132 about keta, gag

Ep. no. 137 about hagzamot, exaggerations

Ep. no. 143 about fashla, mess-up

Transcript

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It's me, Guy, from Streetwise Hebrew.

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0:37.9

Tadarabalekulchem.

0:39.5

Today I'd like to talk about the word Eze.

0:42.4

What a something?

0:44.6

A word we use a lot and in different structures.

0:47.4

It's alif, Yud, Zain, He.

0:50.4

And the main usage, and we talked about it a few times, is EZ plus noun, like here.

1:08.5

So it's just like saying in English, what a blast, what a cool place, what a bummer, or what a day, like here, Eze Yom. So in Hebrew we use Ease for what a. EZE is masculine. Azo, with a V at the end, is for feminine, but in colloquial Hebrew, we often use Ease for both.

1:30.5

So you'll be hearing us saying stuff like, as a misada, what a restaurant, although we're supposed to say Eizzo, misada.

1:38.8

It just sounds way too fancy to correct for the spoken language.

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