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๐๏ธ 26 June 2018
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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There are several ways to ask an Israeli taxi driver to lower the volume on the radio that won't result in nasty looks. Today, Guy discusses these sayings and other words related to radio, like the Hebrew word for podcast.
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New Words and Expressions:
Havita - Omlette - ืืืืชื
Aruhat boker israelit - Israeli breakfast - ืืจืืืช ืืืงืจ ืืฉืจืืืืช
Pirsomot - Commercials - ืคืจืกืืืืช
Efshar lehahlish tipa? - Is it possible to turn it down a bit? - ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืืฉ ืืืคื?
Ata yachol lehahlish (be)vakasha? - Could you turn it a bit down please? - ืืชื ืืืื ืืืืืืฉ (ื)ืืงืฉื?
Ze ma-ze hazak, efshar lehalish? - Itโs really loud, could you turn it down a bit? - ืื ืื-ืื ืืืง, ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืืฉ?
Lehagbir - To turn up the volume - ืืืืืืจ
Tagbir, tagbir - Turn it up! - ืชืืืืจ, ืชืืืืจ
Lehaโavir tahana - To switch to another station - ืืืขืืืจ ืชืื ื
Ata yachol lehaโavir tahana? - Could you change the channel? - ืืชื ืืืื ืืืขืืืจ ืชืื ื?
Tahanat radio - Radio station - ืชืื ืช ืจืืื
Podcast - Podcast - ืคืืืงืกื
Radio interenti - Internet radio - ืจืืื ืืื ืืจื ืื
Hesket - Podcast - ืึถืกืึผึตืช
Lehaโazin la-radio - To listen to the radio (archaic) - ืืืืืื ืืจืืื
Shamati ba-radio - I heard it on the radio - ืฉืืขืชื ืืจืืื
Takshiv rega la-radio - Listen to the radio for a sec. - ืชืงืฉืื ืจืืข ืืจืืื
Lehakshiv - To listen - ืืืงืฉืื
Ani shomeโa et ha-tochnit - I listen to the show - ืื ื ืฉืืืข ืืช ืืชืืื ืืช
Ani makshiv la-tochnit - I listen to the show - ืื ื ืืงืฉืื ืืชืืื ืืช
Mivzak hadashot - News flash - ืืืืง ืืืฉืืช
Azkara - Commemoration (jahrzeit) - ืืืืจื
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0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
0:11.0 | Shil' Shallow. It's me a guy with Streetwise Hebrew. I grew up in the household of a radio junkie, aka |
0:24.8 | I grew up in the household of a radio junkie |
0:28.4 | aka Scholomo Charrette my father. |
0:30.9 | Back in the 70s and 80s and even later on, radio was an important part of our life here in Israel. |
0:37.0 | Back then, TV sets had barely started making their way into the Israeli living room, and the radio was on all the time so I have strong |
0:45.1 | childhood memories of radio show jingles and the voices of Shadarim |
0:49.8 | radio anchors. This was our breakfast soundtrack for example. So imagine little me coming down from my room to have an omelet, salad, olives, toast, cheese, freshly squeezed orange juice. |
1:15.0 | Crazy I know. |
1:16.3 | A Uhat Boker Israeli, Israeli, Israeli, |
1:18.8 | breakfast. |
1:20.4 | Alex Ansky, a famous actor and radio persona, was reading newspaper headlines in the background. |
1:26.0 | This is not an episode about nostalgia. |
1:29.0 | Israelis spend many hours commuting and therefore we are exposed to a lot of radio especially |
1:34.5 | actualia which loosely translates as news items and this happens in cars taxis |
1:41.3 | buses the famous chorut, shared taxis, it's hard to get away from it. |
1:46.6 | So today we're going to learn cool radio-related words. |
1:50.5 | The idea for this topic came to me yesterday as I was in a taxi where the driver at first but when the Pirseumot started I started to breathe |
2:17.3 | uncomfortably. |
2:18.3 | Achab, be a mechasmal, me hear a reference on the television Big Dalim, but Simushmonaorechev in inch, |
2:24.8 | chavinch, chal I have a road Panasonic, Sony, LG, Samsung, Grundig, |
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