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Streetwise Hebrew

#153 Life's Little Pleasantries

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 3 January 2017

โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes

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Summary

The word ื ืขื™ื means pleasant, or nice. Letโ€™s learn all about pleasantness โ€“ Guy teaches us sentences with this word that has had a long and successful career, along with Hebrew names related to its root. Oh, and how do you greet someone who just got a haircut in Arabic?

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New Words and Expressions:

Naim โ€“ Pleasant, fine โ€“ ื ืขื™ื

Mezeg avir naim โ€“ Nice weather โ€“ ืžื–ื’ ืื•ื•ื™ืจ ื ืขื™ื

Naim meod โ€“ Nice meeting you โ€“ ื ืขื™ื ืžืื•ื“

Naโ€™im lehakir โ€“ Nice meeting you โ€“ ื ืขื™ื ืœื”ื›ื™ืจ

Naim li meโ€™od โ€“ Nice meeting you โ€“ ื ืขื™ื ืœื™ ืžืื•ื“

Ze lo naโ€™im li โ€“ I donโ€™t like this (feeling) โ€“ ื–ื” ืœื ื ืขื™ื ืœื™

Slicha, mamash lo naโ€™im li, avalโ€ฆ โ€“ Sorry, I feel awful saying this, butโ€ฆ โ€“ ืกืœื™ื—ื”, ืžืžืฉ ืœื ื ืขื™ื ืœื™, ืื‘ืœ

Naโ€™iman โ€“ An arabic blessing to a person who finished a shower or got a new haircut โ€“ ื ืขื™ืžืŸ โ€“ ู†ุนูŠู…ุงู‹

โ€œAni holem al Naomiโ€ โ€“ I dream about Naomi โ€“ ืื ื™ ื—ื•ืœื ืขืœ ื ืขืžื™

Naโ€™ama โ€“ Naโ€™ama, a womanโ€™s first name โ€“ ื ืขืžื”

Noam โ€“ Pleasantness โ€“ ื ื•ืขื

โ€œAta lo yachol laโ€™asot et ze yoter be-noam?โ€ โ€“ Canโ€™t you do it more pleasantly? โ€“ ืืชื” ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืืช ื–ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ื‘ื ื•ืขื

Be-noam โ€“ Pleasantly โ€“ ื‘ื ื•ืขื

Noam halichot โ€“ Peasant manners โ€“ ื ื•ืขื ื”ืœื™ื›ื•ืช

Neโ€™ima musikalit โ€“ Musical tune โ€“ ื ืขื™ืžื” ืžื•ืกื™ืงืœื™ืช

Biluy naim โ€“ Have a great time โ€“ ื‘ื™ืœื•ื™ ื ืขื™ื

Tisa neโ€™ima โ€“ Have a pleasant flight โ€“ ื˜ื™ืกื” ื ืขื™ืžื”

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Playlist and Clips:

Ha-halonot Ha-gvohim โ€“ Kama Naโ€™im (lyrics)

Jana Mekdad โ€“ Naiman (Arabic)

Yael Naim โ€“ New Soul

Hedva & David โ€“ Ani Holem Al Neomi (lyrics)

Hedva & David โ€“ Naomi No Yume (Japanese version)

Yael Levy โ€“ Tmuna (lyrics)

Ep. 58 about lo naโ€™im li HEB

Transcript

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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.

0:16.0

Today I'd like to talk about the word Naim, Noun, Ayn, Yud, Mem, a word that has had an amazing career in Hebrew and in Arabic. how naeim is your Kama na'em.

0:42.3

How pleasant.

0:44.3

So na'em is pleasant.

0:45.3

You'll be hearing mezeg avir,

0:47.3

na'em, fine, pleasant weather.

0:49.3

Na'i mehout, very nice, meaning very nice meeting you.

0:53.3

You'll be hearing also, na'am lehikir, nice to meet.

0:57.6

Usually, without otcha or otach, you.

1:01.8

Sounds too formal.

1:02.7

Another version is na'emly me-a-a-od, but the most popular one is just na'i-me-a-a-oh, when you shake

1:09.7

someone's hand.

1:12.9

Zle-na-eem, or Zle-na-in-li, is something

1:14.7

you can say when someone is touching you

1:16.7

and you don't like it. It could be an aunt

1:18.6

or something that feels like harassment.

1:21.1

Check out episode 58 to hear

1:22.7

about lo-na-eem, or

1:24.4

la-eem-li. I find it awkward.

1:27.4

And there is also,

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