#191 You Don't Own Me

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 28 November 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Gay marriage is new to the world, and Hebrew, a gender-based language, has to face the music and find new ways to talk about it. On this episode, Guy talks about an email from a married gay listener.

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Words and expressions discussed:

Lahatab – LGBT – להט"ב – לסביות, הומואים, טרנס, בי
Zeh ishi – This is my man – זה אישי
Zeh ba'ali – This is my husband – זה בעלי
Zeh ben hazug sheli / Ze haben-zug sheli – זה בן הזוג שלי / זה הבנזוג שלי
U-ma im ba'ala yod'ea – And what if her husband knows – ומה אם בעלה יודע
Ba'al – Husband, owner – בעל
Ba'al ha-bait (Balabayit) – Landlord, business owner, boss – בעל הבית
Ba'ali – My husband – בעלי
Liv'ol – To have intercourse with someone – לבעול
Be'ila – Intercourse – בעילה
Bba'alo – His husband – בעלו
Ishta – Her wife – אישתה
Efshar ledaber im ha-balabayit? – May I speak to the owner? – אפשר לדבר עם הבעלבית
Ba'al ha-bayit hishtage'a – The landlord became crazy – בעל הבית השתגע
Ba'al hayim – Animal – בעל חיים
Ba'aley hayim – Animals – בעלי חיים, בע"ח
Be'alim – Owner (also: husbands) – בעלים
Ata ha-be'alim – You are the owner – אתה הבעלים
Efo ha-be'alim? – Where is the owner/Where are the owners? -איפה הבעלים?
Efo ha-ba'al? – Where is the husband? – איפה הבעל?
Az kach ba'alut al ha-neches shelcha – So take ownership of your asset – אז קח בעלוּת על הנכס שלך
Ba'alut – Ownership – בעלוּת
Lakachat ba'alut – To take ownership – לקחת בעלוּת

Playlist:
David Broza – Sigaliyot (lyrics)
Omer Adam – Wai Li (lyrics)
Eden Ben Zaken – Ba Li Od (lyrics)
Animals (ba'aley hayim) for kids
Manual for home ownership (ba'alut)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L. V. 1.
0:10.0	St.C.
0:11.0	Wise.
0:12.0	Shiloh, it's me Guy with Street wise Hebrew.
0:16.0	I just got back from my honeymoon with husband Laurent in California.
0:20.0	Husband, what a word.
0:22.0	In English, you've got the word partner, which everybody uses.
0:25.8	This is especially true between LGBTQ couples. Some people want to celebrate the fact that
0:31.8	we can now get married in some countries and
0:34.9	want to use the word husband in English.
0:37.8	A few days ago I got an email from listener Frank Yellen, who wrote from Redwood City, California,
0:43.5	Mazeltoven your recent wedding,
0:45.4	to the Abba Frank.
0:46.8	And he writes, so this brings up a quick question,
0:50.0	how would I as a gay man refer to my husband when I want to make clear that he is my husband and not my partner or my boyfriend?
0:59.0	The Ishii, Zeba Ali, Zebana Zkshali seems ambiguous in a way that I'm trying to avoid.
1:06.2	Todafrang for the question, I'm with you as I too am not sure what to do? I'm a t so ekeet.
1:14.0	Uma imba ala y'or deha.
1:18.0	Ima stila eitha
1:20.0	a jera.
1:22.0	Uma imba ala y Yodea and what if her husband knows?
1:27.0	Bala, bet a in Lamad, he, her husband.
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