#173 Cute as a Button

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word חמוד, which means 'cute' or 'sweet,' could be used in several ways, depending on the context and intonation. But just like in English, calling someone 'sweetie' in Hebrew isn't always a good thing! Listen to Guy's explanation on how 'hamud' can be either endearing or angry.

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New Words and Expressions:

Hamood – Cute, sweet – חמוד

Lahmod – To covet – לחמוד

Alhamdullila – Praise be to God – אלחמדולילה

"She-yihyu lecha male yeladim hamudim" – May you have a lot of cute kids – שיהיו לך מלא ילדים חמודים

Hamuuud, todah! – Sweet, thanks! – חמוד, תודה

Ma kara lach, hamuda? – What happened to you, sweetie? – מה קרה לך, חמודה

"Al tikre'I li hamuda" – Don't call me 'darling' – אל תקראי לי חמודה

"Hamudi, bo hena" – Sweetie, come here – חמודי, בוא הנה

"Omrim li she-ani hamud" – Everybody tells me I am cute – אומרים לי שאני חמוד

Yeled hamud ba-kita – Cute boy in the class – ילד חמוד בכיתה

Eize hamud – How cute – איזה חמוד

Playlist and Clips:

Opick feat. Amanda – Alhamdulillah

Efrat Gosh – She-yihye Lecha Tov (lyrics)

Rami Kleinstein – Tapuhim u-tmarim (lyrics)

Majid Al Muhandas – Hamudi

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELV1.
0:03.0	TELB1.
0:05.0	Street wise.
0:11.0	Steech, why's, Hebrew.
0:13.0	Hebrew.
0:14.0	Shah!
0:15.0	It's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:17.0	The Var is Sean, I'd like to thank our patrons.
0:19.0	These are listeners who contribute a few dollars every month, which helps make this show possible.
0:24.4	It takes a recording studio, sound engineer, web editor and many more people to produce this show on a weekly basis
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0:41.6	perks there as our way to say thanks and if you absolutely love us
0:45.6	Would you post a review of the show on iTunes to Darba?
0:50.7	Today I'd like to talk about Hamudh, Khet-Mem-V-Dalled, cute, sweet, and about this root,
0:59.0	Chhet-Mem-Dalled in general.
1:01.0	La Chamod means to covet, but in Arabic I'm sure you know this expression. I'm sure you know this expression. Alham Doolilla,
1:16.0	praise be to God. Alham Doolilla, praise be to God.
1:19.0	This is an Indonesian song I really like,
1:22.0	and you can find a link to it and all other songs in
1:25.2	the show notes as well as a list of the words and expressions I talk about today.
1:29.6	I'm Alhamdoolilla. Al-Hamulilah, what you're going in.
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