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Streetwise Hebrew

#16 Cursing Drivers

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 26 November 2013

โฑ๏ธ 3 minutes

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Summary

Cursing* drivers is a national sport in Israel. Here are a few words and phrases you can use the next time someone cuts you off.

* Streetwise Hebrew will not be responsible or liable for any misuse of idioms, words, verbs or adjectives mentioned in this show.

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New Words and Expressions:

Hel'at ha-min ha-enoshi โ€“ Scum of the human race โ€“ ื—ืœืืช ื”ืžื™ืŸ ื”ืื ื•ืฉื™

Evil mashrish โ€“ Stupid person โ€“ ืื•ื•ื™ืœ ืžืฉืจื™ืฉ

Ben zona โ€“ Son of a bitch โ€“ ื‘ืŸ ื–ื•ื ื”

Bat zona โ€“ Daughter of a bitch โ€“ ื‘ืช ื–ื•ื ื”

Mashu ben zona โ€“ A helluva thing โ€“ ืžืฉื•ย ื‘ื ื–ื•ื ื”

Maniak โ€“ Bastard โ€“ ืžื ื™ืืง

"Haiyti manyak ve-lo yadati she-ani manyak" โ€“ I was really a bastard, and I didn't know that I was a bastard โ€“ ื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ืžื ื™ืืง ื•ืœื ื™ื“ืขืชื™ ืฉืื ื™ ืžื ื™ืืง

Ya Tamer โ€“ Hey Tamer โ€“ ื™ื ืชืืžืจ

Ya maniak โ€“ You bastard โ€“ ื™ื ืžื ื™ืืง

Ya ben zona โ€“ You son of a bitch โ€“ ื™ื ื‘ืŸ ื–ื•ื ื”

Chatichat, chatchat โ€“ A piece ofโ€ฆ โ€“ ื—ืชื™ื›ืช, ื—ืช'ื›ืช

Chat'chat efes (chatichat efes) โ€“ You piece of nobody โ€“ ื—ืช'ื›ืช ืืคืก, ื—ืชื™ื›ืช ืืคืก

Ima'shcha (Ima shelcha) โ€“ Your mother โ€“ ืืžืืฉ'ืš, ืืžื ืฉืœืš

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Playlist and Clips:

Natan Zehavi

Ha-tayarim โ€“ Imash'chaย (lyrics)

Oum Kalthoum โ€“ Alf Leila

Shotei Ha-Nevu'a โ€“ Hayiti Manyakย (lyrics)

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Transcript

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The D.O.B. W. W. D. W. D. W. D. W. D. W. A. D. W. A C. D. D. W. A C. D. E. D. E. C. D. E city, great radio. Street. Streetwise Hebrew. Shiloh.

0:28.0

Shallow, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:30.4

Cursting drivers is our national sport.

0:33.0

It purifies our soul, it takes away our depression,

0:36.0

and even if the other drivers don't hear us,

0:38.0

it cleanses our chakras.

0:40.0

Disclaimer numero uno,

0:42.0

if you don't want to hear swear words, kindly leave now.

0:45.0

Disclaimer numeral doss, I'm going to use masculine form and feminine form interchangeably.

0:51.0

But I think you need a whole list of words in front of your eyes because sometimes

0:56.0

seeing is believing. So please go to TLV1.F.F.M. slash streetwise Hebrew, choose today's

1:01.7

episode and you'll see them there.

1:04.6

So you're driving and suddenly someone is cutting your lane without using the blinkers of

1:09.0

course.

1:10.0

Then often you find yourself next to them in the Ramzo traffic light, what can you say,

1:15.5

assuming you are not afraid they do something to you?

1:18.8

Kelle Ataminar and Oshi, scum of the human race, or justilah scum and this can go for both men and women is

1:26.8

something that you can tell them.

1:28.8

Nathan Zevavia famous radio host is famous for the swear words he uses when talking to listeners he really dislikes.

1:35.9

And Khela is definitely one of them.

1:38.8

Here he had a fight with an ultra-Orthodox guy who said that secular Jews should fund Orthodox guys. Let's hear a bit. So now you see how it should sound.

1:54.0

By the way, Natsavi used here also

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