#190 All Things Being Equal

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 24 October 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The word 'shavé' means 'equal,' but in slang it also means 'worth it', and sometimes 'cool,' 'amazing,' or 'good looking.' How do we ask, 'Is it worth it?' in Hebrew, and why is there a bleep censor in this episode?

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New Words and Expressions:

Shavé, shava, shavim, shavot – Equal – שוֶוה, שוָוה, שווים, שוות

Shneinu shavim, pahot o yoter – We're both equal, more or less – שנינו שווים, פחות או יותר

Hu lo shavé et ha-ke'ev – He's not worth the pain – הוא לא שווה את הכאב

Az ma shavé kol sipur ha-ahava ha-ze? – So what does this love story worth? – אז מה שווה כל סיפור האהבה הזה?

Ma shava kazo ahava? – What is a love like this worth? – מה שווה כזו אהבה?

Shavé lenasot – It's worth trying – שווה לנסות

Shavé bdika – Worth checking – שווה בדיקה

Shavé, shava (ziyun) – Great, good looking, cool – (שווה (זיון

Mesiba shava – Great party – מסיבה שווה

Mis'ada shava – Great restaurant – מסעדה שווה

Shavé – Equals (math) – שווה

Shivyon – Equality, tie score – שוויון

Shivyon bein ha-minim – Gender equality – שוויון בין המינים

Shivyon ba-netel – 'Carrying the load equality' – שוויון בנטל

Ee-shivyon – Inequality – אי-שוויון

Meha'at ha-frayerim – 'The Suckers Protest' – מחאת הפראיירים

Hashva'a – comparison – השוואה

Lehashvot – to compare – להשוות

Playlist and Clips:

Aviv Geffen – Shneinu Shavim (lyrics)
Rami Kleinstein – Tapuhim u-Tmarim (lyrics)
Ha-haverim shel Natasha – Shnei Sipurei Ahava Ktanim (lyrics)
Idan Yaniv & Dana International – Seret Hodi (lyrics)
Shavé lenasot
Shavé bdika – TV1
Lior Shlein – Ee-shivyon
Atseret Ha-freierim – TV2
Basketball shivyon (tie)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TLC1.
0:03.0	Street-wise.
0:07.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	Shiloh, it's me guy with street. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shallow, it's me Guy with Straightwise Hebrew.
0:16.2	In two days we're having our Israeli wedding, we being my French husband, Laurent and myself,
0:22.4	we got married in France earlier this year and this week we
0:25.1	celebrate in Jaffa. From there we're going to San Francisco for our honeymoon
0:29.9	after which I'll be giving two talks in November, one in Aptus near Santa Cruz, California,
0:36.1	and one in JCC Irvine outside LA.
0:39.4	These are not streetwise Hebrew events, but feel free to check out the details online and join in person.
0:45.0	TILV1 will be posting them on their Facebook page.
0:48.8	These are virtual graffiti tours which are also a Hebrew lesson trying to make sense of Israeliness through the linguistic
0:55.9	landscape. Today I'd like to talk about Shave equal. I'm going to make one remark which is not appropriate for kids, so parents listen to this show first and then decide.
1:08.0	Shoveh, sheh, sheh, sheh, vavav, hey. Why vavavavavav, because if we have a Vav, hey. Why Vavav? Because if we have a V sound in the middle of a word, you must write it as two vavs.
1:19.4	If you have one vav in the middle of a word, it's usually vowel o or u. Jotel. But the claphy is a shortember,
1:35.0	she's some
1:37.0	the d'Abe.
1:38.0	We have to Yotel.
1:41.0	Shnainu Shavim, Shavim, Pacot or Yotel, we're both equal more or less.
1:47.7	Shavay, that's masculine, shavah, feminine, we write them the same way, Shavelim, Shaavot, plural, masculine, and feminine.
1:58.0	Shaveli also means worth, like it's worth it?
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