#203 Breaking Point
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 20 February 2018
โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes
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Summary
Today we are covering the root shavar, which gives Hebrew its words for break, broke, broken. There are plenty of unexpected phrases to learn with this root, one of which is not for kids, so please listen to the episode without them first.
New words and expressions:
Shavar - He broke - ืฉืืจ
Lishbor - To break - ืืฉืืืจ
Shoveret levavot - Heartbreaker (f.) - ืฉืืืจืช ืืืืืช
Lishbor et ha-kelim - To break the rules (of a game) - ืืฉืืืจ ืืช ืืืืื
Shavru et ha-kelim ve-lo mesahakim - They broke the rules, we stop playing - ืฉืืจื ืืช ืืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืงืื
Nekudat shvira - Breaking point - ื ืงืืืช ืฉืืืจื
Shvirat ha-tsom - End of the fast - ืฉืืืจืช ืืฆืื
Shvirat ha-kos ba-hatuna - Breaking the glass in a wedding - ืฉืืืจืช ืืืืก ืืืชืื ื
โShovrim shtikaโ - โBreaking the silenceโ - โืฉืืืจืื ืฉืชืืงืโ
Hevrat Apple shoveret si - The Apple company breaks a record - ืืืจืช ืืคื ืฉืืืจืช ืฉืื
Lishbor si Guiness - To break a Guinness record - ืืฉืืืจ ืฉืื ืืื ืก
Lishbor et ha-shinayim - To break the teeth - ืืฉืืืจ ืืช ืืฉืื ืืื
Shover galim - Breakwater, seawall - ืฉืืืจ ืืืื
Shover et ha-shuk - โbreaking the marketโ - ืฉืืืจ ืืช ืืฉืืง
Nishbar li mi- โ I am fed up with something/someone - ื ืฉืืจ ืื ื-
Nishbar li mi-menu - I am sick and tired of him - ื ืฉืืจ ืื ืืื ื
Nishbar li ha-zayin mi- (vulgar) - I am sick and tired of... - ื ืฉืืจ ืื ืืืื ืืื ื
Dai, nishbar hazayin (vulgar) - Enough already, I am completely fed up - ืื, ื ืฉืืจ ืืืื
Nishbar li ha-lev - My heart was broken - ื ืฉืืจ ืื ืืื
Ma laโasot im nishbar li ha-lev - What can I do if my heart is broken? - ืื ืืขืฉืืช ืื ื ืฉืืจ ืื ืืื?
Nishbar li mi-matematika - I am fed up with math - ื ืฉืืจ ืื ืืืชืืืืงื
Nishbar ha-sharav - The heatwave has ended - ื ืฉืืจ ืืฉืจื
Lehishver - To be/get broken - ืืืืฉืืจ
Lo lehishaver - Donโt give up - ืื ืืืืฉืืจ
Shavir - Fragile - ืฉืืืจ
Shavriri - Frail - ืฉืืจืืจื
Lo Shever, mashber - Not a fracture, but a crisis - ืื ืฉืืจ, ืืฉืืจ
Shever ba-yehasim - Rift in the relationship - ืฉืืจ ืืืืกืื
Playlist and clips:
Yitshak Klepter - "Tslil Mechuvan" (lyrics)
Dionne Warwick - "Heartbreaker"
Batsal Yarok - "Shavru et Ha-kelim" (lyrics)
Hava Alberstein - "Pitโom Nishbar Li" (lyrics)
Shalom Hanoch - "Shir Derekh" (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:12.0 | Shalo. It's me guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shalon, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | Today we're talking about chavall, |
| 0:18.0 | sheen betresh, Nishbal, break, broke, broken. |
| 0:22.0 | There is one expression which is not for kids, so please listen to the episode |
| 0:27.0 | first without them. |
| 0:28.0 | Chauval, he broke, past tense, Lishbol is to break. Oveoli not a cana, with a sibah, but spectavas for I can. |
| 0:47.0 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, |
| 0:53.0 | n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n' |
| 0:57.0 | la-n'n'n'n'n'n'n, literally, breaker-of-he' hearts, just like in English. To our young listeners I hope you know this song and if not check it out in our show notes |
| 1:28.8 | Anyway Chauver Leveotte is a heartbreaker guy Chauvert Le Vauvot is a heartbreaker, guy. |
| 1:33.7 | Chauvert Leavote, heartbreaker, woman. |
| 1:37.0 | Gisem, play us a bit more, Novaksha. What do you have to be a heartbreak? |
| 1:45.0 | Is it a lesson that I never did? |
| 1:51.0 | What's Lishboe atlem to break the kitchenware? Lishbore et a kelim |
| 2:08.3 | ett a kelim means to break the rules of a game |
| 2:10.8 | and this is a children song shav Shavru et al-Kelim, |
| 2:14.0 | Vรฉlom esachakim, something like they broke the rules, we stop playing, something like that. |
| 2:20.0 | People can say when speaking about someone that he decided to |
| 2:24.0 | Lishbore to keep playing by the rules. |
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