#187 This is Literally Slang

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 3 October 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

'Ashkara' could mean 'totally' or 'literally' in American slang. Let's work on examples that will teach you how to use this word in modern Hebrew slang, plus a bonus: a clip from an Afghani talk show!

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Words and expressions discussed:

Ze ashkara lehikanes halak im mafteach – It's literally getting in smoothly with a key – זה אשכרה להיכנס חלק עם מפתח

Ani ashkara matsati et atsmi menake et ha-bait be-arba ba-boker – I literally found myself cleaning my house at 4am – אני אשכרה מצאתי את עצמי מנקה את הבית בארבע בבוקר

Ata ashkara tavo mahar? – Will you really come tomorrow? – אתה אשכרה תבוא מחר?

Hu ashkara amar lach et ze? – Did he really tell this to you? – הוא אשכרה אמר לך את זה?

Hu ashkara amar lach et ze? – Did he really tell this to you? – הוא אשכרה אמר לך את זה?

Doesn't this guy look like Michael Jackson? Ashkara. – Totally. – אשכרה

Ashkara, gam ani – Totally, me too – אשכרה, גם אני

Playlist:

Yves Montand – Sous le Ciel de Paris
Afghani TV
Ehud Banai – Starter (lyrics)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:07.0	St. wise.
0:11.0	Streat wise.
0:12.0	Chalo. It's me guy with St. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalon, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:16.0	Welcome to our English version of this week's episode.
0:19.0	Check out the same episode in Hebrew in the same podcast feed.
0:23.0	I just got back from a great listener meet-up in a bar in Paris. We were 20 people and it was really fun.
0:40.0	There were people from Belgium, Morocco, New York, from Italy, from Australia, almost all of them, based in Paris now, and of course born and bred Parisians, all of whom listened to the podcast and came to speak Hebrew together, each person with his and her story
0:54.6	about why they are learning Hebrew. Other than just having a drink and
0:59.2	meeting new friends, I think we all felt a strong sense of community, this feeling that you get when you struggle with the language and suddenly you know that you're not alone.
1:08.0	I promise to do more of these kinds of events in the future.
1:12.0	Friend of the podcast, Birta Baudkorb, hi Bibi, wrote us from South Tel Aviv.
1:17.6	I keep hearing the word Ashkara for all sorts of things.
1:21.6	I never know what it means exactly because it seems like it can be used
1:25.2	for everything that is good or bad or unclear or very clear. I wonder if you ever did a podcast
1:31.7	about it.
1:32.7	No I didn't.
1:34.2	We received that email a few weeks ago.
1:36.3	And then last week we get this email from Daniel Panz's
1:40.2	based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, who wrote in saying,
1:45.0	the word Ashkara is used as much as Tahliss,
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