#19 The X Factor in Hebrew
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 17 December 2013
โฑ๏ธ 2 minutes
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Summary
Yes, you can learn Hebrew from pop culture. This time we decided to check out reality show Hebrew: We took one episode of The X Factor Israel and wrote down all the adjectives used there. Which ones made it to the top?
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Ze tov, ze tov, by Shokolad, Menta, Mastik
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New Words and Expressions:
ย Tov โ Good โ ืืื
Metoraf โ Crazy โ ืืืืจืฃ
"Yesh la yecholot metorafot" โ She has crazy abilities โ ืืฉ ืื ืืืืืืช ืืืืจืคืืช
"Ze she-higati ad kan ze metoraf bishvilii" โ The fact I made it up to here is crazy for me โ ืื ืฉืืืขืชื ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืืจืฃ ืืฉืืืื
"Asiti po tahalich metoraf" โ I went through a crazy process here โ ืขืฉืืชื ืคื ืชืืืื ืืืืจืฃ
"Ani meusheret be-ramot metorafot" โ I am happy at crazy levels โ ืื ื ืืืืฉืจืช ืืจืืืช ืืืืจืคืืช
Teruf โ Craziness โ ืืืจืืฃ
"Ze teruf latstet me-ha-bayit be-kor kaze โ It's insane to leave home in this cold โ ืื ืืืจืืฃ ืืฆืืช ืืืืืช ืืงืืจ ืืื
Gadol โ Big, awesome โ ืืืื
Kashe โ Hard, difficult โ ืงืฉื
Madhim โ Amazing โ ืืืืื
Me'ule โ Excellent โ ืืขืืื
Lahats โ Stress, pressure โ ืืืฅ
Lahuts, lehutsa โ Stressed โ ืืืืฅ, ืืืืฆื
"Hayiti kol kach lechutsa etmol" โ I was so stressed yesterday โ ืืืืชื ืื ืื ืืืืฆื ืืชืืื
"Ani lechutsa esh" โ I am so stressed โ ืื ื ืืืืฆื ืืฉ
Ta'im esh โ It's tasty as hell โ ืืขืื ืืฉ
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Playlist and Clips:
Shokolad, menta, mastic โ Ze Tov, Ze Tov (lyrics)
Ep. no. 102 about different synonyms for crazy
Ep. no. 228 about lachats, stress HEB
Ep. no. 349 about good HEB
Transcript
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| 0:14.0 | This is 2 LV1. Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:27.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:30.5 | I took one episode of the Israeli X factor that reality TV music show aired by |
| 0:36.0 | Reshed here on Israeli TV channel 2. I thought this could serve as one corpus |
| 0:41.0 | of language and will allow us to find some exciting Hebrew gems. |
| 0:45.4 | I decided to write down all the adjectives which appeared in the 75 minutes show and counted |
| 0:51.2 | how many times each one appeared. |
| 0:54.0 | Do you want to hear the results? |
| 0:58.0 | First came Tove, good, |
| 1:01.0 | said 22 times during the show. It shows us how with all the new superlatives we keep on using and importing, |
| 1:08.0 | the biblical word Tove is still strong and is still doing a great job. |
| 1:13.0 | Way to go, Tove. After Tov appears the word metoraf, crazy, 11 times during the show. |
| 1:29.7 | I should hold a toraf. |
| 1:31.7 | I'm fothed. The shagaty had kind of a toraf, I'm just going to go to work for it. The she got it can't them to-off, I'm really. |
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