#151 Like Nothing Else: Intensifiers and Superlatives

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

So you just saw the coolest concert, and then your friend made you the best soup you've ever tasted. The next day you saw the most wonderful film. It's all so fantastic that you want to yell, this is f****** amazing! Sometimes you just need to tell the world. But how do you do it in Hebrew? For starters, use Guy's toolkit of 'intensifiers.'

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New Words and Expressions:

Haverimot (Haverim+haverot) – Friends (m+f) – חברימות

Ein dvarim ka-ele – Amazing (Lit: There are no things like it) – אין דברים כאלה

Ein yoter yafa mimech – There’s no one prettier than you – אין יותר יפה ממך

Ein dvarim ka-ele ba-olam – There are no things like it in the whole world – אין דברים כאלה בעולם

Ta’im she-ein dvarim ka-ele – So delicious that there are no things like it – טעים שאין דברים כאלה

Eich at matrifa – How terrific you are – איך את מטריפה

Metoraf – Crazy – מטורף

Lehatrif mishehu – To drive someone crazy – להטריף מישהו

Hamud be-teruf – Crazy cute – חמוד בטירוף

Ani machur elaich – I am addicted to you – אני מכור אליך

Ba-ramot hachi kashot – So much (Lit: In the most severe levels) –ברמות הכי קשות

Be-ramot – Really, so much (Lit: In levels) – ברמות

Ta’im be-ramot – So tasty – טעים ברמות

Ta’im be-ramot acherot – It’s so tasty (Lit: It’s tasty in other levels) – טעים ברמות אחרות

Hi mehamemet be-ramot acheort – She’s on a whole ‘nother level (Lit: She’s amazing in other levels) – היא מהממת ברמות אחרות

Madhim, ata lo mevin – Amazing, you don’t realize – מדהים, אתה לא מבין

Seret madhim she-ata lo mevin – You cannot realize how amazing it is (Lit: Such a great movie you don’t understand) – סרט מדהים שאתה לא מבין

Ata lo ma’amin – You don’t believe – אתה לא מאמין

Ta’im she-ata lo mevin – It’s so delicious that you cannot believe it – טעים שאתה לא מבין

Sof ha-derech – Amazing (Lit: End of the road) – סוף הדרך

Eich ha-marak? – How’s the soup? – ?איך המרק

Sof! – Great (Lit: End) – !סוף

Haval al ha-zman – Amazing (Lit: It’s a pity about the time) – חבל על הזמן

Playlist and Clips:

Nir ve-Gali – Ein Dvarim Ka-ele

Avihu Shabat – At Kol Kach Yafa (lyrics)

Ron Shoval – Ze Lo Normali (lyrics)

Mofa Ha-arnavot shel Dr. Kasper – Be-simla Aduma (lyrics)

Aya Korem – Sheker (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L. V. One.
0:10.0	Street-wise Hebrew.
0:12.0	Shalo. It's me, Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:16.0	I'd like to thank our patrons, listeners who give us 10, 25 and even $100 a month,
0:21.0	so we will be able to keep doing what we're doing here
0:23.9	at TLV1 the patrons will find the Hebrew text to my partying monologue and
0:29.0	other goodies on TLV1. fmF.M slash SWH.
0:34.0	And this is also where you can become a patron of our show.
0:37.2	Even $1 a month is cool.
0:39.0	So Daraba haverimot.
0:40.8	What's haverimot?
0:42.2	This is a new term to include all genders, so chavereim friends masculine,
0:47.0	plus chaverot friends feminine, plus people who don't want to choose, so have a remote.
0:55.0	Check out our podcast notes to see how we write it.
0:58.2	Today I'd like to talk about stuff like,
1:00.4	this restaurant is the shit. This movie is amazing. this intensifiers to use when you want to go over the top and comment about stuff you think is just amazing.
1:16.0	And I'm a shock.
1:18.0	And I'm sure, Ein' Varym Kale, there are no things like it. We use it a lot. And Dvarim Kale.
1:27.0	And Dvara Kale. And Yotelia Fami Mech, there's no one prettier than you.
1:35.0	A d'Varem Kalee bawelam. There are no things like it in the whole world.
1:40.0	That's another option. Usually we shorten bawalam, so end-varymkele.
1:45.0	Sometimes you'll be hearing and varymkele baolam.
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