#20 Service in Israel
Streetwise Hebrew
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🗓️ 24 December 2013
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
The level of service in Israel can change from day to day, hour to hour. It depends on many factors, like the mood of the serving staff, life in the city, and other seemingly random factors. Guy explains.
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New Words and Expressions:
"Lo yodea ma ba li, al ma at mamlitza?" – I don't know what I feel like, what do you recommend? – ?לא יודע מה בא לי, על מה את ממליצה
"Az ma ba lanu le-kinu'ach?" – So what do we feel like for dessert? – ?אז מה בא לנו לקינוח
"Ha-salat ktsat ayef" – The salad looks a bit tired – הסלט קצת עייף
Al ma ata mamlits? – What do you recommend – ?על מה אתה ממליץ
"Et hishtachrarti ha-rof'im himlitsu li bikur hodshi bi-nmal ha-te'ufa" – When I was released (from hospital) the doctors recommended a monthly visit at the airport – עת השתחררתי הרופאים המליצו לי ביקור חודשי בנמל התעופה
Mamlits – Recommending – ממליץ
Hamlatsa – Recommendation – המלצה
"Im at rotsa, zo rak hamlatsa, le-seret kolno'a shmeimi" – If you want, it's only a recommendation for a divine movie – אם את רוצה זו רק המלצה, לסרט קולנוע שמיימי
Yesh lecha hamlatsot al mis'ada be-london? – Do you have recommendations for restaurants in London? – ?יש לך המלצות על מסעדה בלונדון
Al ma ata mamlits? – What do you recommend? – ?על מה אתה ממליץ
Ma ata mamlits? – What do you recommend? – ?מה אתה ממליץ
Mumlats – Recommended – מומלץ
Bet kafe mumlats – Recommended café – בית קפה מומלץ
Mis'ada mumletzet – Recommended restaurant – מסעדה מומלצת
Playlist and Clips:
Time Out Tel Aviv – Az ma ba lanu le-kinu'ach?
Meir Ariel – Terminal Luminalette (lyrics)
Shalom Hanoch – Hamlatsa Le-yomit (lyrics)
Politeness in Hebrew, Ep. no. 10
"You want a juice?" "No": Translating Israeli Brevity, Ep. no. 157
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T. A T.L. B. One radio. |
| 0:05.0 | Great, great. |
| 0:06.0 | Make sure. |
| 0:07.0 | This is still V. One. |
| 0:08.0 | This is still V1. |
| 0:09.0 | This is. |
| 0:10.0 | Tell us. Great. |
| 0:12.0 | Great. The This is T.L.B. One. This is T.L. 1. Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:27.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:28.0 | Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. |
| 0:30.0 | Service in Israel is different than in other places. |
| 0:33.0 | Sometimes you are in a charut taxi, that's how we call shared taxis in Israel, |
| 0:38.0 | and you are shocked by the level of service you're getting from the driver. |
| 0:41.0 | No Todin, no bevakasha. But as I said in the politeness episode, |
| 0:46.2 | and check it out if you haven't listened to it yet, we have alternative ways to show politeness |
| 0:51.0 | or solidarity maybe. The main issue here is the lack of |
| 0:55.4 | standardization. We are a country with no protocol, hence anything is possible. |
| 1:00.3 | Another thing is that you cannot have good service where there is no distance |
| 1:04.6 | between service giver and customer. After all here in Israel the waiter can be your |
| 1:09.4 | friend's brother from high school, the bank teller went with you to the army, and the girl at the |
| 1:13.9 | florist is the daughter of the woman who used to come to your kindergarten and change |
| 1:18.6 | nappies, and it goes on and on and on. This is why in restaurants you can hear Israelis ask the waitress |
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