#162 Hebrew Less Harsh, More Humored

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 28 March 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Let's face it; you don't want to watch that movie your friends are going to see. So how do you say so without a blunt 'no'? The word פחות in Hebrew means "less", "minus" and a few other things. Guy explains how to use פחות in conversations when you want to let someone down easily.

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New Words and Expressions:

Pahot – Less – פחות

Pahot aval od Koev – Less, but it still hurts – פחות אבל עוד כואב

Shneinu shavim, pahot o yoter – We're both equal, more or less – שנינו שווים, פחות או יותר

Teshalmu pahot al sal ha-kniyot – You'll pay less for your shopping basket – תשלמו פחות על סל הקניות

Ani pahot ko'es – I am less angry – אני פחות כועס

Pahot mi-sha'a – Less than an hour – פחות משעה

"Slicha, aval pahot mat'im li karega" – Sorry, it's less convenient right now – סליחה, אבל פחות מתאים לי כרגע

"Ba lecha seret? Pahot" – Do you feel like watching a movie? Less – בא לך סרט? פחות

Pahot hitchabarti – I didn't really connect to it – פחות התחברתי

Hamesh pahot shalosh – Five minus three – חמש פחות שלוש

Playlist and Clips:

Yehuda Poliker – Pahot Aval Ko'ev (lyrics)

Aviv Geffen – Shneinu Shavim (lyrics)

Misrad Ha'otsar (Ministry of Finance) – Pay less this Passover

Evyatar Banai – Yesh Li Sikui (lyrics)

Raheli Bar – Nail Artist

Rona Keinan – Mabul (lyrics)

Ep. no. 65 about lid'og, to worry HEB

Ep. no. 190 about shaveh, equal HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:05.0	St.L.
0:07.0	Streatwise.
0:11.0	Chalo. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
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0:36.9	you can join our monthly Sunday chats where I talk to listeners about different things
0:41.2	and we learn new words and expressions together. Today I'd like to talk about listeners about
0:45.0	Pahot, Pahot, Pei, Khet, Vav Taf, it means less.
0:50.0	So Pahot, less, as opposed to Yotel, Yodwav Tafresh, more. Let me finish, then it's kach and in the new, valskeh, nenelu, valshe is ere v
1:13.4	for ere,
1:15.0	um alach kach be minn
1:19.0	but hoth a vah ouet
1:21.6	o'erh, the hotho. Pachot ava ode coe.
1:23.0	Pachot ava ode coev.
1:27.0	Pachot ava ode coev.
1:29.0	Less, but it still hurts, a famous song by U.D.
1:32.0	The Polykil. but it still hurts, a famous song by U.D. Poitotelotel, N'er,
1:44.0	Shutembe, she's son e'erlade.
1:48.0	Sainu Shavim, Pachote-Eotel, where're both equal more or less.
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