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#180 But Now I'm Found

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 8 August 2017

โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes

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Summary

Do you know how to say โ€˜a good catchโ€™ in Hebrew? How about โ€˜virtual realityโ€™? And โ€˜sense of directionโ€™? This episode is all about the nuances of an interesting word for all these contexts.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Ani holech lesham ve-lo motse โ€“ I am going there, and I donโ€™t find โ€“ ืื ื™ ื”ื•ืœืš ืœืฉื ื•ืœื ืžื•ืฆื

Metsiโ€™ah/ot โ€“ Finding/s โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื”/ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช

A groysรฉ metsiโ€™รฉ (Yiddish) โ€“ A big catch (not!) โ€“ ื ื’ืจื•ื™ืกืข ืžืฆื™ืขื

Hu lo kazรฉ groysรฉ metsiรฉ โ€“ Heโ€™s not such a good catch โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืœื ื›ื–ื” ื’ืจื•ื™ืกืข ืžืฆื™ืขื

Gam ken groysรฉ metsiรฉ โ€“ Another good catch (not!) โ€“ ื’ื ื›ืŸ ื’ืจื•ื™ืกืข ืžืฆื™ืืข

Shuk ha-metsiโ€™ot โ€“ The bargain market โ€“ ืฉื•ืง ื”ืžืฆื™ืื•ึนืช

Metsiโ€™ut aheret โ€“ Another reality โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื•ึผืช ืื—ืจืช

Metsiโ€™ut meduma โ€“ Virtual reality โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื•ึผืช ืžื“ื•ืžื”

Metsiโ€™ut โ€“ Reality โ€“ ืžืฆื™ืื•ึผืช

Ze (lo) motsรฉ hen be-enay โ€“ I (donโ€™t) like it โ€“ ื–ื” (ืœื) ืžื•ืฆื ื—ืŸ ื‘ืขื™ื ื™

Matsa chen be-enaych/enecha? โ€“ Did you like it? โ€“ ืžืฆื ื—ืŸ ื‘ืขื™ื ื™ืš/ื‘ืขื™ื ื™ื™ืš?

Efo at/a nimtsa/nimtset? โ€“ Where are you located? โ€“ ืื™ืคื” ืืช/ื” ื ืžืฆื/ืช?

Hi lo nimtset karega โ€“ Sheโ€™s not in right now โ€“ ื”ื™ื ืœื ื ืžืฆืืช ื›ืจื’ืข

Slicha, Carmella nimtset? โ€“ Excuse me, is Carmella in? โ€“ ืกืœื™ื—ื”, ื›ืจืžืœื” ื ืžืฆืืช?

Ani mitmatsรฉ be-X โ€“ I have knowledge about Xโ€“ ืื ื™ ืžืชืžืฆื ื‘ืžืฉื”ื•

Lehitmatsรฉ โ€“ to be familiar with โ€“ ืœื”ืชืžืฆื

Ani lo mitmatsรฉ be-ze โ€“ I am not an expert on this โ€“ ืื ื™ ืœื ืžืชืžืฆื ื‘ื–ื”

Hitmatsโ€™ut โ€“ Orientation, knowing your way around โ€“ ื”ืชืžืฆืื•ืช

Hush hitmatsโ€™ut โ€“ Sense of direction โ€“ ื—ื•ืฉ ื”ืชืžืฆืื•ืช

Lehamtsi โ€“ To invent โ€“ ืœื”ืžืฆื™ื

Hamtsaโ€™a โ€“ Invention โ€“ ื”ืžืฆืื”

Hu mamtsi โ€“ He is inventing, heโ€™s making things up โ€“ ื”ื•ื ืžืžืฆื™ื

Al tamtsiโ€™i shum teruts โ€“ Donโ€™t invent any excuses โ€“ ืืœ ืชืžืฆื™ื ืฉื•ื ืชื™ืจื•ืฅ

Dai lehamtsi terutsim โ€“ Stop inventing excuses โ€“ ื“ื™ ืœื”ืžืฆื™ื ืชื™ืจื•ืฆื™ื

Tagid she-ata lo rotse โ€“ Just say that you donโ€™t want to โ€“ ืชื’ื™ื“ ืฉืืชื” ืœื ืจื•ืฆื”

Nu tamtsi/โ€™i kvar mashehu ve-bo/i โ€“ Come on, make up something and come โ€“ ื ื•, ืชืžืฆื™ื/ื™ ื›ื‘ืจ ืžืฉื”ื• ื•ื‘ื•ื/ื™

Mimtsaโ€™im archeologiyim โ€“ Archaeological findings โ€“ ืžืžืฆืื™ื ืืจื›ื™ืื•ืœื•ื’ื™ื

Playlist:
Matti Caspi โ€“ Yemey Binyamina (lyrics)
Yona Atari & Ili Gorlitsky โ€“ Shuk Ha-metsiโ€™ot (lyrics)
Nathan Alterman โ€“ Wikipedia (En.)
Yona Atari โ€“ Wikipedia (Heb.)
Ili Gorlitski Wikpedia (Heb.)
Eyal Golan โ€“ Metsiโ€™ut Aheret (lyrics)
Arkadi Duchin โ€“ At Lo Nimtset (lyrics)
Ha-dorbanim โ€“ Im Rak Tedabri (lyrics)
Matti Caspi โ€“ Kama Shirim Efshar Lehamtsi Bichlal (lyrics)
Gidi Gov โ€“ Boโ€™i Nishaer (lyrics)
Mimtsa Archeologi (TV1)

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Transcript

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This is TLC1.

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Street-wise Hebrew.

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Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.

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Thanks to all of you who wrote in about our advanced Hebrew experiment.

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I think it's the most comments and emails we've ever received. Our

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entire staff, by the way, all hundreds of them, it might be even thousands by

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now, are running around, printing, faxing and sending telegrams to

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You've given us a lot to think about and will provide an update very shortly, so

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This week I'd like to talk about the root Mem Zadik Alef, Matsu, he found, and the family. Oh my Annie, I'm going to

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Lesham, Vellomute.

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A Nih Holech Lesham, Vellomte, A Nih Holech, Lesham, Vellomte, I'm going there and I do not find a famous song. The noun a finding is

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Mezzia. Mezzia me mzzadik yud al-AFhe. And Mezia is also a bargain. Those of you who speak Yiddish might know this word. A

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Groyse Mezia in Yiddish is a good catch, good bargain, groise just like gross big in German.

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Mezia is Yiddish for Mezia in Hebrew.

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This is now dated, but you can still hear young Israeli Ashkenazim who say

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Uloczegrazia is not such a good catch or tongue in cheek, gumkin grosimetsie, something like another great catch, but meaning

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the opposite.

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Shukhamtze, ohhukhamte, ohh, chokamtte, ohah. He's e-eeplea, me sapply-o-hut.

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