#195 So, then...
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 26 December 2017
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
English has 'like' and 'kinda'. What do Hebrew speakers use as fillers? And what did we borrow from Arabic? Guy explains.
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Words and expressions discussed:
Em - Umm - ืึถื
Achshav ani margish - Now I feel - ืขืืฉืื ืื ื ืืจืืืฉ
Ke'ilu lo yode'a klum - As if I know nothing - ืืืืื ืื ืืืืข ืืืื
Ke'ilu (kilu) - As if - ืืืืื, ืืืื
Zot omeret (ztomeret, stomeret) - It means - ืืืช ืืืืจืช, ืืชืืืจืช, ืกืชืืืจืช
Az - So, then - ืื
Ya'ani - Like, As if (arabic) - ืืขื ื
Ya'ani, yaa'nu - Like - ืืขื ื, ืืขื ื
Be-kitsur, hakitser - To cut a long story short - ืืงืืฆืืจ, ืืงืืฆืจ
Kiviachol - So to speak, allegedly - ืืืืืื
Ani mechabedet ota - I respect her - ืื ื ืืืืืช ืืืชืย
Playlist and clips:
Dafni Liff interview (Hinuchit TV)
Shlomo Artzi - "Hi Lo Yoda'at Ma Over Alai" (lyrics)
Meir Ariel - "Shoef Le-efes" (lyrics)
Shoshana Damari - "Zot Omeret" (lyrics)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:07.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:12.0 | Shil' It's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | Last time we spoke about a, as a filler. |
| 0:20.0 | Haven't heard it yet, look for episode number 194 on your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:25.8 | There are more fillers, so today we're doing fillers too. |
| 0:29.6 | Other than ee, we also use e m, alif mem, which also As a |
| 0:35.0 | , we also use M, Aleph mem, which also allows us to take a moment to think. |
| 0:37.0 | In the first of the case of the |
| 0:39.0 | the |
| 0:40.0 | deperlamai Maqs, |
| 0:41.0 | I'm sure, and what was the same thing, This is actually sure you're going to face it, |
| 0:43.0 | who is it, and she'll be right |
| 0:44.0 | and she'll be right |
| 0:45.0 | this is activist Daphne Leaf in an interview. Achavanimmimm Marhichekรฉ, Loyo de Akhil, I'm gonna'er go to the law of the la Cloum, |
| 1:03.0 | Achavanim |
| 1:05.0 | M'chish, |
| 1:06.0 | Ach-shav-Mouge, now I feel. |
| 1:09.0 | Kรฉilu Loyo de-aclum, as if I know nothing. |
| 1:13.0 | So, Kaeilu, kaf alefjour, |
| 1:15.8 | alefjour, means as if. |
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