#176 Would You Like Cheese With That Whine?

Streetwise Hebrew

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

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

A teenager in central Tel Aviv said something to his friend on the phone that made Guy think: How do we say 'whiner' and 'to whine' in Hebrew? Today's episode is about the word 'bachyan' and its variations.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Hu bacha – He cried – הוא בכה

Livkot – To cry – לבכות

Bachiti – I cried – בכיתי

Eineni tinok bachyan – I am not a whining baby – אינני תינוק בכיין

Bachyan – Whiner – בכיין

Bachyanut – Whining (noun) – בכיין

Hu stam mitbachyen – He’s just whining – הוא סתם מתבכיין

Lehitbachyen – To whine, to complain while feeling sorry for oneself – להתבכיין

Mitbachyen – Whining – מתבכיין

Dai, ya mitbachyen – Enough already, you whiner – די, יא מתבכיין

Hitbachyenut – Whining – התבכיינות

Music:

Aviv Geffen – Livkot Lecha (lyrics)
Dudu Tassa – Bachiti
Ahuva Tsadok – Dani Gibor (lyrics)
Teapacks – Hora Nadlanim (lyrics)
The Knesset TV Channel
MK Shelly Yachimovich – TV2 interview
Idan Raichel’s Project – Min’i Kolech Mi-bechi

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:07.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	H. Shilum. It's me Guy. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:16.0	Yesterday I walked in the heat and humidity in Dizengof Strztrassa in Tel Aviv
0:21.0	and as I was walking I saw a teenager walking towards me and
0:24.2	talking on the phone. Do you know these urban moments when you walk and you hear
0:28.4	one sentence from a phone conversation and it's a perfect moment and tells you a whole story. So this guy said,
0:36.0	who bachian, and this is a good enough reason to talk about bachian and meet bachian. But before we get to Bachian, let's talk about who
0:46.7	Bacha bet kath he, meaning he cried, and the infinitive is this one.
0:53.6	I know all ech,
0:57.6	Livkot lecha to your chazak le mala.
1:02.2	Livkot to cry, so Lamed, bet, kath, vav taf. Here is a good grammar tip for you.
1:12.8	All infinitives of roots that end with hay
1:16.8	will end with ot, vav taff.
1:19.4	So to want lirtsut from Razzah.
1:23.5	Leave not to build, from Bana.
1:27.0	He built.
1:28.2	Leave Kote to cry from Baha.
1:31.8	He cried. And that's also in other verb formats like Legalot in P. L. to find out ends with
1:38.8	Oth from Gila he found out So if the third letter is hey,
1:44.4	infinitive ends with oat. In the past tense, first person,
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