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Streetwise Hebrew

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

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes one needs to whine ('lekater') and to go over the top. Israelis love to complain and use words like inferno, hell, nightmare, torture, and other flowery terms to describe another horrible queue at the bank. Let’s add some phrases to our Streetwise Hebrew complaint toolkit with today's episode.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Lehitlonen – To complain – להתלונן

Hu mitlonen al mashehu/mishehu – He complains about something/someone – הוא מתלונן על משהו/מישהו

Mitlonenet al ha-hom – She is complaining about the heat – מתלוננת על החום

Haya li kashe, ani lo mitlonenet – It was hard for me, I am not complaining – היה לי קשה, אני לא מתלוננת

Lekater – To whine – לקטר

Eize kef lekater al ha-matsav ha-kalkali – How fun it is to whine about the economic situation – איזה כיף לקטר על המצב הכלכלי

Ma ata mekater, lama at mekateret? – Why are you whining? – מה אתה מקטר, למה את מקטרת?

Kitur, kiturim – Whine/s – קיטור, קיטורים

Tluna – Complaint – תלונה

Netsiv tlunot ha-tsibur – Ombudsman – נציב תלונות הציבור

Siyut – Nightmare – סיוט

Inuy/yim – Torture/s – עינוי/יים

Le-anot – To torture – לענות

Gehenom – Hell – גהנום

Shoa – Holocaust – שואה

“Ha-wege lo tofet?” – Does my face look horrible? – הווג’ לא תופת?

Tofet – Inferno – תופת

Zva’a – Horror – זוועה

Zva’at olam – Mega horror – זוועת עולם

Zva’a shel ha-hayim – Mega horror – זוועה של החיים

Zva’a shel ha-laif – A real nightmarish experience – זוועה של הלייף

Tse’aka mahrida – Terrifying scream – צעקה מחרידה

Nora – Horrible, awful – נורא

Playlist:
Pe’er Tassi – Derech Ha-shalom (lyrics)
Shmulik Kraus & Josie Katz – Shuv (lyrics)
Matsav Ha-uma TV show – Channel 2 (Reshet)
Misrad Mevaker Ha-medina
A question to the rabbi about Gehenom (hell)
Micha mi-shenkar – Tom Yaar
Hadshot ha-shabat – Zva’ot be-irak
Sagiv Cohen – Gali Oti (lyrics)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELV1.
0:11.0	Street wise. Chilum, it's me Guy. Streetwise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shahlum, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:16.0	As many of you have already noticed, the last episodes are available for you in English and in Hebrew. It means that you can choose which version
0:25.6	you'd like to listen to first and then listen to the other. The text is really the same.
0:31.3	Let us know what you think about it, Guy at T.L.F.M. and to today's episode.
0:37.0	Israelis love to complain. I guess like everybody in France people tell me, we the French people love to complain
0:44.4	Italians say the same thing about themselves
0:47.6	Lomachene
0:48.6	how do you say to complain be vivrit
0:51.9	le hit lonen, who michlon, al-mashu, so bethonenet al-ahoh.
1:05.0	Mihonenet al-ahoh.
1:07.0	Mihlonenet al-hachom,
1:10.0	complaining about the heat and if you like this song
1:16.3	you'll find a YouTube link to it in the show notes plus another to the lyrics. The lyrics. Aye a l'erle kache.
1:25.0	Ai l'n'n'n'n'n'n'et.
1:31.0	It was hard for me.
1:33.3	Anil o michlunenet, I'm not complaining,
1:35.8	and this is a song I like so much,
1:37.8	I included it on Streetwise Hebrew playlist,
1:40.8	available at streetwise Hebrew.
1:42.1	com under the menu songs.
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