#181 You've Got a Friend in Me
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 15 August 2017
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
'Haver,' the Hebrew word for 'friend,' has had quite an amazing comeback to modern Israeli lingo. How do we use it in this day and age and how do we differentiate between a platonic friend and a serious partner?
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Words and expressions discussed:
Shalom haver โ Goodbye friend โ ืฉืืื ืืืจ
Heye li haver โ Be a friend for me โ ืืืื ืื ืืืจ
Tihye/Tihyi/Tihyu โ Be! (Imperative) โ ืชืืื/ืชืืื/ืชืืื
Ze Ben, haver โ This is Ben, a friend โ ืื ืื, ืืืจ
Ze Ben, haver yakar โ This is Ben, a dear friend โืื ืื, ืืืจ ืืงืจ
Ze Ben ha-haver sheli โ This is Ben, my boyfriend โ ืื ืื, ืืืืจ ืฉืื
Ze Ben, ha-haver โ This is Ben, the friend/boyfriend โ ืื ืื, ืืืืจ
Ze Ben, ha-ben zoog โ This is Ben, my partner โืื ืื, ืืื ืืื
Hu haver-haver oโฆ? โ Is he boyfriend or just a friend? โ ืืื ืืืจ-ืืืจ, ืืโฆ?
Ken, ze ha-haver โ Yes, this is the boyfriend/the friend โ ืื, ืื ืืืืจ
Hu haver mamash tov โ He's a really good friend โ ืืื ืืืจ ืืืฉ ืืื
Anachnu yedidim โ We're (just) friends โ ืื ืื ื (ืจืง) ืืืืืื
Kama ha-haver lo ratsa lavo lekan hayom? โ How much did the friend not want to come here today? โ ืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืจืฆื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื?
Ben ha-zoog, Ha-ben zoog โ The partner (m.) โ ืื ืืืื, ืืื ืืื
Bat ha-zoog, Ha-bat zoog โ The parnter (f.) โ ืืช ืืืื, ืืืช ืืื
Haver shel ha-mishpacha, haver tov shel ha-mishpacha, havera tova shel ha-mishpacha โ Family friend โ ืืืจ (ืืื) ืฉื ืืืฉืคืื
Haverimot โ Friends (m.+f.) โ ืืืจืื/ืืช, ืืืจืื.ืืช, ืืืจืืืืช, ืืืจืืืืช
Playlist:
Bill Clinton speech (1995) โ Shalom Haver
Teapacks โ Yesh Li Havera (lyrics)
Heye Li Haver, Heye Li Ach โ Netanela (lyrics)
Agam Rodberg โ Guy Pines
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELV1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | B-W-Hahlum. It's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | The comeback of Havel excites us all. |
| 0:20.0 | During the last few years you can hear more waiters speaking to a bunch of guests and using |
| 0:25.0 | Khaverim, friends to address them, like Kavarim, a shulchalach muhan. |
| 0:31.2 | Friends, your table is ready. The word was big in |
| 0:34.4 | socialistic Israel in the 50s and 60s together with chevre guys which is still used |
| 0:40.4 | a lot then chaver disappeared for a while and returned in 1995. |
| 0:46.0 | Because words cannot express my true feelings. |
| 0:50.0 | Let me just say,om Haver. Goodbye, friend. |
| 0:57.0 | This is Bill Clinton saying Shalom Haver, goodbye friend, after Prime Minister its Khakrebin was assassinated. |
| 1:05.0 | I talked about it on episode number two in August 2013 four years ago |
| 1:10.0 | when I spoke about Achie, Gever, Achote and more ways to address people. |
| 1:16.6 | Go back and check it out. Why am I revisiting Chaver, haver, haverim? |
| 1:25.0 | Because listener Perel wrote me, |
| 1:32.0 | Hi guy, I have a question. |
| 1:34.0 | Which word for friend is most appropriate |
| 1:36.0 | when talking about a family friend as opposed to a boyfriend or girlfriend? |
| 1:41.0 | What is the connotation of Yedid as opposed to Chaver? |
| 1:45.0 | As to Dara Baparel, Al-A-A-Shalach, |
| 1:48.0 | Vรฉalachelet? He'll have he'll be here, |
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