#175 Don't You Dare!

Streetwise Hebrew

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

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

How do you tell someone not to do something in Hebrew? Use ‘al’ (that’s A-L), which means ‘don’t.’ On this episode, Guy explains how to use this little word, and how to say ‘just don’t.’

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Words and expressions discussed:

Al tid’agu li – Don’t worry about me – אל תדאגו לי

Rak al tagid li – Just don’t tell me – רק אל תגיד לי

Ata al tagid li ma laasot – You (m.) don’t tell me what to do – אתה אל תגיד לי מה לעשות

At al tagidi li ma laasot – You (f.) don’t tell me what to do – את אל תגידי לי מה לעשות

Al tivke – Don’t cry – אל תבכה

Al na tivki argentina – Please don’t cry Argentina – אל נא תבכי ארגנטינה

Al na tomar li shalom – Don’t say to me “shalom”, say just “lehitraot” – אל נא תאמר לי שלום, אמור רק להתראות

Lo, al tevatri – No, don’t give up – לא, אל תוותרי

Al tishkechi – Don’t forget (f.) – אל תשכחי

Al tishkach – Don’t forget (m.) – אל תשכח

Al tishkechu – Don’t forget (pl.) – אל תשכחו

Al tbalbel ta’moach – Don’t drive me crazy / Don’t waste my time – אל תבלבל ת’מוח

Al teshage’a oti – Don’t drive me crazy – אל תשגע אותי

Al taase / taasi tovot – Don’t do me any favors – אל תעשה / תעשי טובות

Al taase shtuyot – Don’t do anything foolish – אל תעשה שטויות

Al taase mi-ze inyan – Don’t make such a big deal out of it – אל תעשה מזה עניין

Al tagzim, al tagzimi – Don’t get carried away – אל תגזים / תגזימי

Pashut al! / Az al! – Just don’t! – פשוט אל / אז אל

Music:

Ehud Banai – Kmo Tsipor Ve-shara (lyrics)
Incognito – Don’t You Worry About a Thing
Maya Buskila – Rak Al Tagid Li (lyrics)
Gali Atari – Mekits el Halom (lyrics)
Omer Adam – Al Tivki (lyrics)
Arik Einstein – Al Tivki Yalda (lyrics)
Riki Gal – Al Na Tivki Argentina
Yaffa Yarkoni – Al Na Tomar Li Shalom (lyrics)
Eyal Golan – Tslil Meitar (lyrics)
Yizhar Ashdot – Yesh Lach Oti (lyrics)
Sarit Hadad – Al Tohav Oti (lyrics)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELB1.
0:07.0	St.C.C.
0:11.0	Steechle, it's me Guy. Streetwise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shihlum, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:16.0	Today we're talking about a tiny word,
0:19.0	Al-Alleth Lamed, that's it.
0:22.0	Alif Lamed could also be read as E L, which means two, and
0:27.1	L also means God, but I'm talking about Al, like here. Al. Al-T-Daguly-A-I-I-O-Sah-I-T-Dagouly,
0:39.0	don't worry about me.
0:41.0	By the way, don't mistaken this for Al, Ain Lamad, which means on. It's Al-Flamad, Al, and it means don't.
0:49.0	After it will have the verb in the future. Al-Tidag. Don't worry.
0:54.3	Masculin. Al-Tid-A-Gaggy.
0:56.5	Feminin, Al-Tid-A-Goo, plural.
0:59.6	More about Al-Tid-A-Daggy is available on episode number 65.
1:03.4	If you're not sure, by the way, how to easily find this episode, just Google Streetwise Hebrew,
1:08.7	podcast, Don't worry, and you'll find it in no time.
1:12.0	Altid Dagu.
1:13.0	There are some good expressions we use
1:20.0	there are some good expressions we use with Al to create the negative imperative.
1:26.2	Don't. For example, this one. Raqal Tagidli, just don't tell me.
1:37.0	Raal Tagidli.
1:42.0	And we can add Attah in the beginning,
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