#213 A Eurovision Victory

Streetwise Hebrew

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Israel, Tlv1, Religion & Spirituality, Language Learning, Education, Language, Judaism, Hebrew, Streetwise

4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Israel has just won the Eurovision Song Contest thanks to Netta Barzilai and her incredible song Toy. Guy walks you through parts of the song's Hebrew lyrics and reviews some of Israel's past Eurovision winners.

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New Words and Expressions:

Ero-viz-yon - Eurovision - אירוויזיון

Taharut zemer, taharut shirim - Song contest - תחרות זמר

Nitsachon - Victory - ניצחון

Ani lo buba - I am not a doll - אני לא בובה

Biryonut - Bullying - בריונות

Ani lo hafachti lihyot yafa - I didn’t become pretty - אני לא הפכתי להיות יפה

Ani tamid hayiti - I have always been (pretty) - אני תמיד הייתי

Ha-davar ha-yachid she-hishtana - The only thing that has changed - הדבר היחיד שהשתנה

Ze ha-yedi’a sheli, ze ha-havana sheli - is my understanding - זה הידיעה שלי, זה ההבנה שלי

She-magi’a li - That I deserve it - שמגיע לי

Ve-ze tsarich lihyot kacha - And it should be this way - וצריך להיות ככה

Hit’hashla - She was toughened up - התחשלה

Kirkur tarnegolet - Cluck of a chicken - קרקור תרנגולת

Pahdanut - Cowardice - פחדנות

Stefa - Stack of banknotes, a wad of cash - סטֵיפה

Kapara aleichem - See ep. 22

Nits’ha - (she) won - ניצחה

Playlist and Clips:

Netta - Toy (lyrics)

Ilanit - Ei Sham (lyrics)

Yizhar Cohen - Abanibi (lyrics)

Gali Atari - Halleluya (lyrics)

Dana International - Diva (lyrics)

Netta - Interview Guy Pines’ Show

Netta in Lisbon

Netta - Toy final

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	Shiloh, it's me guy with St. Streetwise Hebrew. Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:16.0	On Saturday night, Israel won the Eurovision song contest, in Hebrew we call it Erovision revision with this song. I'll see you don't now make you watch
0:34.0	Gans where my dolls on the model
0:37.0	my car be
0:38.0	now your door
0:40.0	If you've never heard of the Eurovision you should know that it is huge here and in many European
0:44.8	countries it is basically a pop music contest with catchy songs, Taqahoot-Zemir, song competition in Hebrew Hebrew and it started in 1956. Back in those days each
0:56.9	country sang in its language but today most performers sing in English in order to
1:02.3	attract a larger audience who is watching at home, phones
1:06.2	in hand preparing to send their vote by SMS.
1:09.9	Israel joined in 1973 with this song. O'Ehabot, that have been Eshah,
1:24.0	Shatin'na
1:26.0	the yahhah d'a again e-than-a-h-h-h-a-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah of a-h-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Gila Nitt made it to fourth place. You can find a link to the song and to its lyrics in the show notes, plus a list of the new words. Israel won in 1978. And again the following year with this song. Hallelujah, I'm not be able to say.
1:55.0	Halleh,
1:57.0	the following year with this song. I'm glad more.
2:15.0	Hallelujah, Tullia Paeia
2:21.0	the shi-lea lea-feshi leopardy. As years went by, by the Eurovision song contest
2:24.0	Hallelujah.
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