#173 Cute as a Button

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

‘Hamud,’ 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 explain how ‘hamud’ can be either endearing or angry on today’s episode.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Hamud – Cute, cutie, sweet, sweetie – חמוד

Lahmod – To covet – לחמוד

Alhamdullila – Praise be to god – אלחמדוללה – الحمد لله

Hamd (Ar.) – Praise – حمد

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

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

Hamuda – Sweetie (f.) – חמודה

Hammudi (Ar.) – Nickname for Muhammad, Ahmad & Mahmoud – חמודי

Hamudi – Sweetie (for boys) – חמודי

Omrim li she-ani hamud – They tell me I am “hamud” – אומרים לי שאני חמוד

Status hamud – Cute FB status – סטטוס חמוד

Shir hamud – Sweet song – שיר חמוד

Kelev hamud – Cute dog – כלב חמוד

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

Eize hamud Justin Bieber – How cute is Justin Bieber – איזה חמוד ג’סטין ביבר

Music:

Opick feat. Amanda – Alhamdulillah
Efrat Gosh – She-yihye Lecha Tov (lyrics)
Rami Kleinstein – Tapuhim u-tmarim (lyrics)
Haparlament TV show – Hamuda episode
Majid Al Muhandas – Hamudi

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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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