#153 Life's little pleasantries

Streetwise Hebrew

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

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🗓️ 3 January 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

'Nai'm' means pleasant, or nice. Let's learn all about pleasantness - Guy teaches us sentences with this word we use all the time, along with Hebrew names related to its root. Oh, and how do you greet someone who just got a haircut in Arabic?

Words and expressions discussed:

Kama na'im – How pleasant – כמה נעים

Mezeg avir naim – Nice weather – מזג אוויר נעים

Naim meod – Very nice (meeting you) – נעים מאוד

Na'im lehakir/Na'im li meod – Nice meeting you – נעים להכיר/נעים לי מאוד

Ze lo na'im li – I don't like this, I find it awkward – זה לא נעים לי

Slicha, mamash lo na'im li, aval… – Excuse me, I feel awful saying this, but… – סליחה, ממש לא נעים לי, אבל...

Na'iman (Arabic) – Greeting to someone who finished a shower or got a new haircut – נעימן, نعيماً

Ani holem al Naomi – I dream about Naomi – אני חולם על נעמי

Names: Na'ama, Naomi (Nomi), Noam – נעמה, נעמי, נועם

Ata lo yachol la'asot et ze yoter be-noam? – Can't you do it more pleasantly, quietly? – ?אתה לא יכול לעשות את זה יותר בנועם

Noam halichot – Pleasant manners – נועם הליכות

Ne'ima – Pleasant (f.), tune, melody – נעימה

Biluy naim – Have a nice soirée – בילוי נעים

Tisa ne'ima – Have a pleasant flight – טיסה נעימה

Music:

Ha-halonot Ha-gvohim – Kama Na'im (lyrics)
Jana Miqdad – Naiman (Arabic)
Yael Naim – New Soul
Hedva & David – Ani Holem Al Neomi (lyrics)
Yael Levy – Tmuna

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:10.0	St. W. W. St. Wise.
0:12.0	Shahlum. It's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	Today I'd like to talk about the word Nāim, Nān, Ain, Yud-Mem, a word that has had an amazing career in Hebrew and in Arabic. Kama Nāin'a, how pleasant. Soa is a kāma nā'll be hearing Mezeggavir, Naeim, fine, pleasant weather.
0:50.0	Naeim odd, very nice, meaning very nice meeting you.
0:53.4	You'll be hearing also,
0:54.7	Naimle Hakir, nice to meet.
0:57.4	Usually without Otrah or Othah, you, sounds too formal.
1:03.0	Another version is Naimle Meaud,
1:06.0	but the most popular one is just Naimeaud
1:09.0	when you shake someone's hand.
1:11.0	Zellonaim, or Zellonaim Li is something you can say when someone is touching you and you don't like
1:17.2	it could be an aunt or something that feels like harassment.
1:21.1	Check out episode 58 to hear about Lonaim or Lonaim Li, I find it awkward.
1:27.6	And there is also Slicham, a mash Lonaim Li, a Val.
1:32.1	Which means, excuse me, I feel awful saying this, but, and here comes something
1:37.4	negative, we'd say a complaint about something, so it's just like saying I hate to say this but
1:43.3	SLichama machelone a imli ava
1:45.8	a val In Arabic the name man moor loo
2:00.7	in Arabic the word Naiman is a greeting to someone who finished a shower or get a new haircut and he or she reply Inam Alekkhi, it's also related to enjoyment.
2:05.0	And this is a children's song I found to encourage kids to go through their first haircut.
2:10.0	Let's hear a bit more. So cute.
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