#193 Bored to Death

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

We were all kids once, and at least in Israel, during the summer holiday, we used to tell our parents, mesha'amem li, I am bored. Answers varied, as you can imagine, but let's talk for a sec about boredom-bored-boring in Hebrew.

Words and expressions discussed:

Mesha'amem - Boring - משעמם
Mesha'mem li - I am bored - משעמם לי
Mesha'amem la'allah / me-sha'amem ticho / ma-ze mesha'amem - It's so boring - משעמם לאללה / משעמם טיכו / מה-זה משעמם
Meshu'amam - Bored - משועמם
Shiamum - Boredom - שעמום
Shi'amum amiti - A real boredom - שעמום אמיתי
Ani met mi-shiamum - I am dying of boredom - אני מת משעמום
Eize shi'amum - How boring - איזה שעמום
Shi'amumon - A really boring thing - שעמומון
Mishta'amem - Getting bored - משתעמם
Matsati et atsmi levad mishta'amem li - I found myself alone getting bored - מצאתי את עצמי לבד משתעמם לי
Mechamem - Slang for 'mesha'amem' - מצ'עמם
Lehishta'amem - To get bored - להשתעמם
Shnuya be-mahloket - Controversial - שנויה במחלוקת
Al gvul ha-giz'anut - On the verge of racism - על גבול הגזענות
Hafla - Party (Arabic) - חפלה
"Haflizatsia" - Turning something into a party - "חפליזציה"

Playlist and clips:

Ha-tarnegolim – Mesha'amem (lyrics)

Micha Shitrit – Mesha'amem (lyrics)

Teapacks – Eize Olam (lyrics)

Arkadi Duchin & Meir Shitrit – Beit Kafe shel Dinozaurim (lyrics)

Benzin – Yom Shishi (lyrics)

Assaf Amdurski – Ahava Hadasha (lyrics)

Arnon Tsadok interview – Hinuchit TV

Omer Adam – Bucharest (lyrics)

Bar Mitzva (Erez Nehederet parody show)

Time Out Tel Aviv (Hebrew) about "Israeli Trash"

Gary Eckstein – Haya Li Tov (lyrics)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELB1.
0:10.0	St.C. W1.
0:07.0	Streatwise.
0:12.0	Chalom, it's me Guy with St. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:16.2	Jason from the US wrote me an email in Hebrew.
0:18.7	Kolkava Jason Avrithichalja, Mamashtova,
0:21.7	he says that the podcast is Misha Amem, boring, and gives a few ideas on how to make
0:27.0	it more me anyen, interesting.
0:29.2	I decided to use this opportunity to teach the word Misha a mam boring to that jason Mejamahame is boring. The root here is four letter.
0:45.0	Mechaame is boring. The root here is four letter showesh.
0:52.0	Shein, a m mem mem.
0:55.0	And when we have Shorashim with four letters,
0:57.6	they can conjugate only in P.L.
0:59.8	Puyall and Hichpael verb formats. Socha Amem is in PL like medabell with an extra
1:07.4	letter don't worry if you're not into the whole grammar thing I remind you that this is the English version of today's
1:14.9	episode. If you want to listen to the same episode in Hebrew, check out TLV1.
1:19.9	FM slash S W. H. M. L. Esha M. Lee.
1:27.0	M. M. L.
1:31.0	M. L. Naut with Bashette.
1:39.0	Meshame Li is something generations of Israeli kids told their parents during the summer holiday. Literally, it's boring to me, Meshacheam lee, which means I am bored. You can say macheam lecha macheam lach macheam lach macheam lach macheam lach macheam lach macheme you're bored they they are bored, etc.
1:53.0	You'll also hear Mishaame La-A-La,
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