#159 Honey, I'm home!

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Why do we say ‘Ani holech habaita’, I am going home, in Hebrew? What exactly is the funny ending 'habai-ta,' if the word 'bayit' means home? Host Guy Sharett has returned home! On this episode, he explains ‘habaita’ and how to use it.

Words and expressions discussed:

Lahzor habaita – To come back home – לחזור הביתה

Haya mamash keif lifgosh etchem – It was great meeting you – היה ממש כיף לפגוש אתכם

Yerushalaima – Towards Jerusalem (biblical) – ירושלימה

Le-yerushalaim – Towards Jerusalem (modern) – לירושלים

Tsafona – Northbound – צפונה

Daroma – Southbound – דרומה

Smola – To the left – שמאלה

Yamina – To the right – ימינה

Kadima – Forward – קדימה

Achora – Backword – אחורה

Higati habaita – I reached home – הגעתי הביתה

Kama tov she-bata habaita – So good that you came back home – כמה טוב שבאת הביתה

Israeliyut – Israeliness – ישראליוּת

Bo ha-baita – Come home – בוא הביתה

Alé habaita – Come up home –עלה הביתה

Lech/Lechi/Lechu habaita – Go home – לך/לכי/לכו הביתה

Hu halach habaita – He went home – הוא הלך הביתה

Nir'eh li she-hu halach ha-baita – I think that he went home (standard) – נראה לי שהוא הלך הביתה

Nira li hu halach habaita – I think that he went home (Colloquial) – נראה לי הוא הלך הביתה

Music:
Arik Einstein – Kama Tov She-bata Ha-baita (lyrics)
Shula Hen – Bo Ha-baita (lyrics)
Margo Guryan – Sunday Morning
Marie Laforêt – Et Si Je T'aime
Cottage cheese ad
Sarit Hadad – Yalla Lech Habaita Moti (lyrics)
Tel Aviv demonstration (2012)
Dana Berger & Itai Pearl – Hinne Bati Habaita (lyrics)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:10.0	St. wise. Streatwise, Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:16.0	I'm back from Australia and New Zealand,
0:18.0	loved both of them, but it's also very nice Lachzo Habaita to come back home.
0:24.0	I had two meetups with listeners, one in Melbourne and one in Sydney.
0:29.0	It was great meeting you guys. I really appreciate the hospitality.
0:32.0	Each person has a unique story and it's great to see everybody using the
0:36.5	podcast in different ways.
0:38.6	One while jogging, one while driving, one while dancing, listening in the bathroom is also big I learned and I don't care for me
0:47.0	it's actually a great compliment if you take me to a place where it's just the two of us.
0:51.7	Anyway to da, to all of you who helped us make it happen.
0:54.7	I won't mention names here.
0:56.2	I am a ma'amashke, Flev Goshatrem.
0:58.2	It was great meeting you.
1:00.0	I mentioned Lachzo, Habaita, to go back home. Habaita is hay, bit, yud, tough hay.
1:08.8	What is this hay at the end?
1:10.8	It's not feminine.
1:12.3	It's the biblical direction case ending I'll explain it's just like yerusha la mah in the Bible so towards. Today we'd say le Jerusalem, back in the days you added a
1:28.3	hay to a name of a place to the note that you're going there. For those who speak languages with cases,
1:35.0	declensions of nouns, like Russian and Polish,
1:38.0	that's not shocking, I know.
1:39.0	You have different endings to names of places,
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