#194 Ummm . . . Uhhh . . . Errr . . .
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 19 December 2017
โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes
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Summary
Today, um, Guy talks, um, about fillers like 'Eh' in Hebrew and about other things we say when we try to think and talk at the same time. Learn why this is important, especially for people who want to improve their Hebrew.
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New words and expressions:
Eh - Um - ืึถื
Veโฆ - And - ืโฆ
Ve-tagidi - And tell me (f.)โฆ - ืืชืืืื
Ve-tagid li - And tell me (m.) - ืืชืืื
Yoter eh kashim - More, um, difficult - ืืืชืจ, ืึถื, ืงืฉืื
Al mashehu sheโฆ - About something thatโฆ - ืขื ืืฉืื ืฉ...
Legamgam - To stutter - ืืืืื
Gimgum - A stutter - ืืืืื
Lemalmel - To mumble - ืืืืื
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Playlist and clips:
MK Shelly Yachimovich interview
Ilan Wierzberg & Shimon Gelbets - "Lo Yacholti Laasot Klum" (lyrics)
Ilan & Ilanit - "Tfila shel Yom Atsuv" (lyrics)
Efrat Gosh - "Ah Ah Ah" (lyrics)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:07.0 | St. |
| 0:11.0 | Streatwise. |
| 0:12.0 | H. Shalom, it's me Guy. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:13.0 | Shiloh, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'd like to talk about ehmm and other sounds we make when we try to think and talk at the same time. |
| 0:26.4 | I first started thinking about this phenomenon in 1977. |
| 0:31.9 | We agree upon the principle, |
| 0:34.0 | upon security, we agree, but the meaning of security, we |
| 0:39.0 | we differ on it. |
| 0:42.0 | I think through Geneva we can reach an agreement and |
| 0:52.3 | I was about six years old when the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat came for a visit here in Israel. |
| 1:00.0 | We watched him on our black and white TV. I don't think I really understood the magnitude of the visit, but the adults were ecstatic and I could feel something huge was happening. |
| 1:11.0 | His speech at the Knesset was in Arabic and I heard something interesting |
| 1:15.3 | that I also noticed in later interviews with him. I didn't speak English nor Arabic |
| 1:19.7 | of course but his ez were very long and special. |
| 1:25.0 | Well, to a certain extent I trained those students and |
| 1:37.8 | and those |
| 1:38.8 | so that obviously didn't invent the a but he his e-sounded different. |
| 1:44.7 | And this is Hosnim Warak. |
| 1:46.7 | You as president, surely, are now going to have to negotiate |
| 1:50.2 | further concessions from the Israelis. |
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