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๐๏ธ 14 March 2017
โฑ๏ธ 11 minutes
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The most talked about video in Israel right now is of an Israeli Arab teacher singing a catchy Hebrew lesson to her students. Why did the video become so viral? Guy explains the civic discourse surrounding the famed tune and why this teacher is not alone in pronunciation blunders.
Words and expressions discussed:
Geshem Geshem Metaftef โ Rain, rain pouring downโ ืืฉื ืืฉื ืืืคืืฃ
Eizรฉ kef โ How fun โ ืืืื ืืืฃ
Li kanu me'il hadash โ They just bought me a new coat โ ืื ืงื ื ืืขืื ืืืฉ
Ve-hayom oto elbash โ And today I will wear it โ ืืืืื ืืืชื ืืืืฉ
Giz'ani โ Racist โ ืืืขื ื
Nahut โ Inferior โ ื ืืืช
Nesi ha-medina โ President โ ื ืฉืื ืืืืื ื
Beit ha-nasi โ President's Residence โ ืืืช ืื ืฉืื
Tarbuyuot โ Cultures โ ืชืจืืืืืช
Ata tsarich lehakir ota โ You need to know her โ ืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืจ ืืืชื
Metsuyan โ Excellent โ ืืฆืืืื
Medaber โ Speaking โ ืืืืจ
Music:
Jihan Jaber โ Geshem Geshem Metaftef (original clip)
Channel 2 TV interview with Jihan
Soldiers singing
Palestinian Musawa TV
Eden Ben Zaken
Cover By Yves and Lir
Trance Remix
Bedouin version
Version by Israeli Arabic teacher
Version by another Israeli teacher
Jihan at the Israeli President Residence
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0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. Street-wise Hebrew. |
0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
0:17.0 | First of all, to-da, to all our patrons who help us make this podcast happen. |
0:22.0 | If you want to support us as well, even $1 a month would be nice, |
0:25.6 | please go to TLV1.F.M slash SWH. And now to today's show. If you are in Israel these days, it's hard to miss this song. Yes, yes, you need a fair. |
0:44.0 | Yes, you need a fair. Yes, you get a piece we the game. |
0:46.0 | Yes, you get a TV, |
0:48.0 | and that we can. |
0:50.0 | Yes, the easy game. |
0:51.0 | Yes, she gets sure, that's it give. |
0:54.0 | Yes, we can. |
0:55.0 | We d'A-Dah-E-Hah, |
0:58.0 | we'll ha-hah. |
1:00.0 | We have, And we-hah. This is teacher Jihan Jabel from Taibe in Taibe, half an hour northeast. |
1:07.0 | This is teacher Jihan Jabel from Ta, in Arab city, half an hour northeast of Tel Aviv. |
1:15.8 | She wears a hijab. She teaches Hebrew in a school where the main language is Arabic. |
1:21.2 | And in order to make her students feel the language she uses a |
1:24.8 | Darbuka small drum and they sing with her. This song went viral and got more than |
1:30.4 | 1 million views on YouTube including covers done by singers and local celebrities. |
1:36.4 | You can hear Jihan's Arab accent as she pronounces the vowels in her native tongue, Arabic, |
1:42.3 | and not in Hebrew. |
1:43.2 | Let's work on the text for a sec. |
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