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🗓️ 20 December 2016
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Kacha ze, ein ma la’asot, “This is the way it is, there’s nothing you can do about it”, is something you hear a lot in Israel. Today we learn how to use it, and other expressions using the verb la’asot, to do. Make sure you listen well! The episode is short and sweet.
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New Words and Expressions:
Ma La’asot – What can you do? – מה לעשות
Ein ma la’asot, kacha ze – This is the way it is, that’s life – אין מה לעשות, ככה זה
Ein li ma la’asot im ze – I’ve got nothing to do with it – אין לי מה לעשות עם זה
Ein li ma la’asot im mechonat ha-kvisa ha-yeshana – I’ve got nothing to do with the old washing machine – אין לי מה לעשות עם מכונת הכביסה הישנה
“Mitsta’arim, ein lanu mamash ma la’asot im ze” – We don’t really have anything we could do with this – מצטערים, אין לנו ממש מה לעשות עם זה
Ma osim im – What does one do with…? – מה עושים עם
Ma osim im kilo agasim? – What does one do/what do we do with one kilogram of pears? – מה עושים עם קילו אגסים
Ma osim im kol ze? – What do you do with all this? – מה עושים עם כל זה
Ma osim kshe-? – What does one do when…? – מה עושים כש
Eich osim pie agasim – How do you make a pear pie? – איך עושים פאי אגסים
Az ma osim – So what are we going to do? – אז מה עושים
Eich osa para? – How does a cow go? – איך עושה פרה
La’asot mishehu o mishehi – To do someone – לעשות מישהו/מישהי
Mi osé ma – Who’s doing what – מי עושה מה
Playlist and Clips:
Dana International – Ma La’asot (lyrics)
Maor Cohen – Ein Ma La’asot (lyrics)
Ha-dorbanim – Yatsanu Lirkod (lyrics)
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0:00.0 | This is TLV1. |
0:10.5 | Streetwise Hebrew. |
0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
0:15.4 | Oh, Mama, Mama, I'm again in tarot. |
0:20.2 | What to do? Mama, what to do? Which could be used in different ways. |
0:38.6 | Here it's, yes, me a problem, |
0:42.2 | what to assot? |
0:47.5 | Ain't what to do, there's nothing you can do. |
0:54.4 | This is the meaning of it here. |
0:56.0 | Sometimes this is what you tell a friend to comfort him or her. |
1:00.0 | So the intonation is like this. |
1:01.0 | Let's say it a few times. |
1:03.0 | End what to assot? |
1:05.0 | Stress on the end. |
1:08.0 | I'll do it again. |
1:09.0 | En malasot. |
1:10.0 | En malasot goes hand in hand with kaha'uze. |
1:13.6 | This is the way it is. |
1:14.6 | Kaka is en ma'asot. |
1:16.6 | So it's not really comforting, it's more sharing pain with someone. |
1:20.6 | For example, he just told you about Israeli bureaucracy and you go like, |
1:25.6 | what to do, kaha'uze, when you come to think about it, |
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