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Streetwise Hebrew

#220 Happy Happy Joy Joy

Streetwise Hebrew

TLV1 Studios

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

4.9 โ€ข 988 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 10 July 2018

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

๐Ÿงพ๏ธ Download transcript

Summary

Simha (ืฉืžื—ื”) in Hebrew is happiness or joy, but it can also mean a happy event. How would you say โ€œto make someone happyโ€ in Hebrew? Guy explains all things ืฉืžื— on this extra joyful episode.

Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode

New Words and Expressions:

Simha - Happiness - ืฉืžื—ื”

Eize yom sameach li hayom - What a happy day I am having today - ืื™ื–ื” ื™ื•ื ืฉืžื— ืœื™ ื”ื™ื•ื

Esther Roth-Shachamorov

Ani smeha she-ha-heseg ha-ze naasa mul einay - I am happy that this achievement was made before my eyes - ืื ื™ ืฉืžื—ื” ืฉื”ื”ื™ืฉื’ ื”ื–ื” ื ืขืฉื” ืžื•ืœ ืขื™ื ื™ื™

Sameach, smecha, smechim, smechot - Happy (adj. m., f., pl. m., pl. f.) - ืฉืžื—, ืฉืžื—ื”, ืฉืžื—ื™ื, ืฉืžื—ื•ืช

Yeladim ze simha - Children are happiness - ื™ืœื“ื™ื ื–ื” ืฉืžื—ื”

Hi smeha - She is happy - ื”ื™ื ืฉืžื—ื”

Simha - Happy event - ืฉืžื—ื”

Yesh li simha ha-erev - I have an event tonight - ื™ืฉ ืœื™ ืฉืžื—ื” ื”ืขืจื‘

Yesh li eruโ€™a - I have an event - ื™ืฉ ืœื™ ืื™ืจื•ืข

Simha-Smahot - Joy, joys - ืฉืžื—ื”, ืฉืžื—ื•ืช

Smachot ktanot - Small joys - ืฉืžื—ื•ืช ืงื˜ื ื•ืช

Ha-banot smechot - The girls are happy - ื”ื‘ื ื•ืช ืฉืžื—ื•ืช

Of simhes (Yiddish) - May we meet in happy events - ืื•ืฃ ืฉื™ืžื—ืขืก

Bi-smachot - May we meet in happy events - ื‘ืฉืžื—ื•ืช

Lismoach - To be happy - ืœืฉืžื•ื—

Samachti - I was happy - ืฉืžื—ืชื™

Samachti al mishehu - I counted on someone - ืกืžื›ืชื™ ืขืœ ืžื™ืฉื”ื•

Ma-ze samachti - I was extremely happy, overjoyed - ืžื”-ื–ื” ืฉืžื—ืชื™

Mamash toda, ma-ze samachti - Thanks so much, I was overjoyed - ืžืžืฉ ืชื•ื“ื”, ืžื”-ื–ื” ืฉืžื—ืชื™

Lesameโ€™ach - To make someone happy - ืœืฉืžื—

Lesameach mishehu im mashehu - To make someone happy with something - ืœืฉืžื— ืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืขื ืžืฉื”ื•

Lesameโ€™ach et ben ha-zug o et bat ha-zug im prahim - To make the partner happy with flowers - ืœืฉืžื— ืืช ื‘ืŸ ื”ื–ื•ื’ ืื• ื‘ืช ื”ื–ื•ื’ ืขื ืคืจื—ื™ื

Bsora mesamahat - Happy news - ื‘ืฉื•ืจื” ืžืฉืžื—ืช

Taโ€™ase mashehu she-mesameโ€™ach oti - Do something that would cheer me up - ืชืขืฉื” ืžืฉื”ื• ืฉื™ืฉืžื— ืื•ืชื™

Ata yachol liknot li iphone-7? - Could you buy me iphone seven? - ืืชื” ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืงื ื•ืช ืœื™ ืื™ื™ืคื•ืŸ-7?

Simhat zkenti - I donโ€™t care - ืฉืžื—ืช ื–ืงื ืชื™

Playlist and Clips:

Shula Hen - Eize Yom Sameach (lyrics)

Esther Roth-Shachamorov (Kan TV)

Ha-breira Ha-tivโ€™it โ€“ Yeladim Ze Simha (lyrics)

Ilanit - Shir shel Yom Hulin (lyrics)

Kobi Peretz & Of-Simhes - Israel (lyrics)

Daklon - Samahti

Tsafuf - Mashehu mesameโ€™ach

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TELB1.

0:10.0

Street-wise.

0:11.0

Shil-Wise.

0:12.0

Shil' it's me guy with the street. Street-wise Hebrew.

0:13.0

Shalom, it's me guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Poi

0:23.7

Yum, yum, he's a yum's

0:25.0

she'll hapah o,

0:26.3

a mala nah my

0:26.7

nizhim fla-ohh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

0:30.0

he say um, some mah,

0:31.6

yum shanhahhah, ohhah, ohh, oh, oh, a-h a-llea, Today I'd like to talk about

0:35.0

today I'd like to talk about Simha, happiness,

0:38.0

happiness, joy.

0:40.0

Ase yum Sama, Lihayom. What a happy day I'm having today, or for short. Ase yom Samach, what a happy day.

0:49.4

Samach is Sin-Mchett, that's the adjective masculine feminine sounds a bit different.

0:57.0

I'm she has said they in Samu in nai

1:01.0

because she's a gan i'm going to tour. This is runner Esther Rochachamov

1:06.0

whose 100-meter-run record was broken just this week

1:10.0

46 years after it was first set.

1:13.0

She says,

1:14.0

Anis mecha, Sheha his segaze

1:17.0

Nasa'a Mullenai.

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