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Streetwise Hebrew

#22 Darling

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 โ€ข 1.1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 7 January 2014

โฑ๏ธ 7 minutes

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Summary

How do we say darling or honey in Hebrew? And can we useย kaparaย andย motekย to both male and female? Listen to our lovey dovey episode.

Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of This Episode

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New Words and Expressions:

"K'chi taxi habaita kapara, lifney she-yihye me'uchar" โ€“ Take a taxi home, darling, before it's going to get late โ€“ ืงื—ื™ ื˜ืงืกื™ ื”ื‘ื™ืชื”, ื›ืคืจื”, ืœืคื ื™ ืฉื™ื”ื™ื” ืžืื•ื—ืจ

Kapara โ€“ Atonement, forgiveness โ€“ ื›ืคืจื”

Kapara sheli โ€“ My darling โ€“ ื›ืคืจื” ืฉืœื™

KaPAra al X โ€“ It's nothing, don't worry about it (X being a broken glass) โ€“ ื›ืคืจื” ืขืœ ืžืฉื”ื•

Kapara alecha โ€“ You're a darling โ€“ ื›ืคืจื” ืขืœื™ืš

"Lo at lo ashema ma pitom, neshama" โ€“ No, you're not guilty, not at all my darling โ€“ ืœื, ืืช ืœื ืืฉืžื”, ืžื” ืคืชืื•ื, ื ืฉืžื”

Neshama โ€“ Soul โ€“ ื ืฉืžื”

"Ken, neshama shel aba?" โ€“ Yes, my darling? โ€“ ?ื›ืŸ, ื ืฉืžื” ืฉืœ ืื‘ื

"Hu bachur neshama โ€“ He's a really good guy โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื‘ื—ื•ืจ ื ืฉืžื”

Mami (m., f.) โ€“ Darling โ€“ ืžืืžื™

Neshamami โ€“ Neshama+mami โ€“ ื ืฉืžืืžื™

"Motek, at gdola, motek at yafa" โ€“ Honey, you're great, honey, you're pretty โ€“ ืžื•ืชืง, ืืช ื’ื“ื•ืœื”, ืžื•ืชืง, ืืช ื™ืคื”

"Motek, at safek yalda safek isha" โ€“ Honey, you're half a girl half a woman โ€“ ืžื•ืชืง, ืืช ืกืคืง-ื™ืœื“ื”, ืกืคืง-ืื™ืฉื”

Motek (m., f.) โ€“ Sweetness, darling โ€“ ืžื•ืชืง

Matok โ€“ Sweet โ€“ ืžืชื•ืง

Kadosh โ€“ Holy โ€“ ืงื“ื•ืฉ

Kodesh โ€“ Holiness โ€“ ืงื•ื“ืฉ

"Hey motek, efo ata/at?" โ€“ Hey darling, where are you? โ€“ ?ื”ื™ื™ ืžื•ืชืง, ืื™ืคื” ืืชื”/ืืช

Yakiri, yakirati โ€“ My dear โ€“ ื™ืงื™ืจ, ื™ืงื™ืจืชื™

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Playlist and Clips:

Tomer Yosef โ€“ Kaparaย (lyrics)

Miri Masika โ€“ Mamiย (lyrics)

Dafna Armoni โ€“ Safek Yalda, Safek Ishaย (lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

0:03.6

This week we are replaying an episode from our archive.

0:07.2

Patrons will find the brand new All Hebrew sister episode written and recorded this week on Patreon.com

0:14.4

streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private podcast feed

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as you may already know we started creating the all Hebrew episodes starting with episode

0:25.7

number 181.

0:28.3

So once in a while we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode like this week.

0:35.0

Enjoy.

0:36.0

This is T.L.

0:39.0

1. Streetwise Hebrew.

0:48.0

Hebrew.

0:49.0

Shalom, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.

0:52.0

Today we're going to talk about how to say

0:54.2

darling or honey in Hebrew. Liff ne, she me ughar,

1:03.0

a dios y'all a bai zayonara,

1:06.0

a la la hazekwahmina.

1:09.0

Tom and yourself says here,

1:11.0

Khi taxi habaita k Kapara, take a taxi home.

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Khi is the imperative of Take, Lakach, Lakach,

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Lachach, and it's in the feminine form.

1:21.0

Khi, Taxi Habaita Kupara, take a taxi home, darling.

1:26.0

Lifnaisie a muhal before it's going to get late.

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