#192 Something Like That
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 5 December 2017
โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes
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Summary
How do you say 'about 30 people' in Hebrew? How about 'around the 7th or the 8th'? He's about 50-60 year old? Today Guy talks about "around", "about", "8-ish" and more.
Words and expressions discussed:
Haya od or, hamesh be'erech โ It was still light, it was about five โ ืืื ืขืื ืืืจ, ืืืฉ ืืขืจื
Erech, arachim โ Value, values โ ืขืจื
Be'erech assara, esrim โ About 10-20 โ ืืขืจื ืขืฉืจื
Be'erech be-emtsa November โ Around mid November โ ืืขืจื ืืืืฆืข ื ืืืืืจ
Ha'aracha โ Estimation โ ืืขืจืื
Ze yihye ba-shvi'i o ba-shmini โ It's going to be on the 7th or 8th โ ืื ืืืื ืืฉืืืขื ืื ืืฉืืื ื
Ha'aracha sheli โ My estimation โ ืืขืจืื ืฉืื
Ani ma'arich/a โ I estimate โ ืื ื ืืขืจืื/ืืขืจืืื
Kashe li lehaarich โ It's hard for me to estimate โ ืงืฉื ืื ืืืขืจืื
Leha'arich โ To estimate, appreciate and evaluate โ ืืืขืจืื
Be-svivot โ Around โ ืืกืืืืืช
Be-ezor โ Around โ ืืืืืจ
Besvivot shesh โ Around 6pm โ ืืกืืืืืช ืฉืฉ
Be-ezor shesh-sheva โ Six-sevenish โ ืืืืืจ ืฉืฉ-ืฉืืข
O mashehu (mashu) kaze โ Or something like that โ ืื ืืฉืื ืืื
Az be-shmone? Ken, mashu kaze โ So at eight? yes, something like that โ ืื ืืฉืืื ื? ืื, ืืฉืื ืืื
Kama ze ya'ale li? Mashehu kmo alpayim โ Something like two thousands โ ืืื ืื ืืขืื ืื? ืืฉืื ืืื 2000
Ben kama hu? 20 kaze โ How old is he? Around twenty โ ืื ืืื ืืื? 20 ืืื
Matai lavo? Shmone tesha kaze โ When should I come? Eight nine-ish โ ืืชื ืืืื? ืฉืืื ื-ืชืฉืข ืืื
Tavi eize shnei kilo. โ Get around 2 kg. โ ืชืืื ืืืื ืฉื ื ืง"ื
Hayu sham eize matayim ish โ There were like 200 people there โ ืืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืชืืื ืืืฉ
Ulay eize matayim โ Maybe about 200 โ ืืืื ืืืื ืืืชืืื
Kacha hi ba-emtsa โ She's kinda in the middle โ ืืื ืืื ืืืืฆืข
Kama kufsa'ot ata rotse? Tavi kacha 20 โ How many boxes do you want? Why won't you get about 20 โ ืืื ืงืืคืกืืืช ืืชื ืจืืฆื? ืชืืื ืืื 20
Tavi 20 kacha โ Get around 20 โ ืชืืื 20 ืืื
Nire li (Nirali) โ It seems to me โ ื ืจืื ืื
Hamishim-shishim nirali โ 50-60 it seems to me โ ืืืืฉืื-ืฉืืฉืื ื ืจืื ืื
Nirali hamishim-shishim โ It seems to me 50-60 โ ื ืจืื ืื ืืืืฉืื-ืฉืืฉืื
Ani lo yode'a / Ani yode'a? โ I don't know (m.) / How would I know? โ ืื ื ืื ืืืืข / ืื ื ืืืืข?
Ani lo yoda'at / Ani yoda'at? โ I don't know (f.) โ ืื ื ืื ืืืืขืช / ืื ื ืืืืขืช?
Ani hoshev / hoshevet โ I think โ ืื ื ืืืฉื / ืืืฉืืช
Playlist and clips:
Shlomo Artzi โ Kmo Azย (lyrics)
Arutz ha-knesset โ Interview with MK Avi Gabaiย
Teapacks โ Od Shabbatย (lyrics)
Kaveret โ Kacha Hi Ba-emtsaย (lyrics)
Rotem Cohen โ Ani Yode'aย (lyrics)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:10.0 | St.L. B1. Street-wise. |
| 0:12.0 | Shilum, it's me guy with Strie. Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'd like to talk about about in Hebrew. |
| 0:19.0 | Yes, about, about, about. |
| 0:21.0 | How do we say about five around 45 get me I don't know five six boxes let's learn |
| 0:43.2 | I a hour, I a door Amishpere I would all all |
| 0:35.0 | I'm not |
| 0:38.0 | Los Manhara Los Man hava |
| 0:39.0 | Los Ma |
| 0:40.0 | Vidu |
| 0:42.0 | I a O'd all Heia Ode-O-Dol Chameh Bรฉrech, it was still light, it was about five, |
| 0:49.0 | Hamish be-be-e-e-rech. |
| 0:51.0 | Schlangalazzzi is singing here, |
| 0:52.5 | Hamish, beerech meaning around 5 o'clock. It's made of bea in and the word erech, |
| 0:59.6 | aine, rish, kaf, which means value. |
| 1:04.0 | Erech-Arachim. |
| 1:05.0 | Be-e-rech, that's one word, means about, around, and you can use it with numbers. |
| 1:11.0 | Bech-has-saririm, about 10-20, dates, Behre, Beh, |
| 1:16.2 | Bemza, November, around mid-November, length, etc. I remind you that this is the |
| 1:21.8 | English version of course if you want to listen to the same episode in Hebrew |
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