#221 Stuck in the Middle with You
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 17 July 2018
โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes
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Summary
Why do Israelis say, "hu taka li berez" (ืืื ืชืงืข ืื ืืจื), which roughly translates to, "he jammed a faucet on me"? And how do we say in Hebrew, "I'm stuck in the middle seat again"? On this episode, Guy explains the word litko'a (ืืชืงืืข), to stick into, and delves into the nooks and crannies of hardcore Israeli slang. Language warning: things are about to get explicit.
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New Words and Expressions:
Hu taka masmer ba-kir - He stuck a nail in the wall - ืืื ืชืงืข ืืกืืจ ืืงืืจ
Litko'a berez le-mishehu - To evade responsibility or duty - ืืชืงืืข ืืจื ืืืืฉืื
Hu taka/dafak li berez - He stood me up - ืืื ืชืงืข/ืืคืง ืื ืืจื
Litko'a - To hold up, to delay, to jam - ืืชืงืืข
Hu stam toke'a et ze - He just jams it - ืืื ืกืชื ืชืืงืข ืืช ืื
Ha-medina toka'at et kol ha-sipur - The state jams the entire thing - ืืืืื ื ืชืืงืขืช ืืช ืื ืืกืืคืืจ
Ma hu taka otanu po? - Why are we stuck here? - ืื ืืื ืชืงืข ืืืชื ื ืคื?
Lama takati pizza be-12 ba-laila? - Why did I down a pizza at midnight? - ืืื ืชืงืขืชื ืคืืฆื ื-12 ืืืืื?
Kama haverim tak'u sakin ba-gav - A few friends stuck a knife in the back, betrayed - ืืื ืืืจืื ืชืงืขื ืกืืื ืืื
Tki'a ba-shofar - Blowing the shofar - ืชืงืืขื ืืฉืืคืจ
Litko'a ba-shofar - To blow the shofar - ืืชืงืืข ืืฉืืคืจ
Austin Powers, ha-meragel she-taka oti - Austin Powers, the Spy who Shagged me - ืืืกืืื ืคืืืืจืก, ืืืจืื ืฉืชืงืข ืืืชื
Meragel - Spy - ืืจืื
Litko'a mishehu - To nail someone (sex.) - ืืชืงืืข ืืืฉืื
Taku'a - Stuck - ืชืงืึผืข
Yesh anashim she-margishim tku'im be-hakol - There are people who feel stuck in everything - ืืฉ ืื ืฉืื ืฉืืจืืืฉืื ืชืงืืขืื ืืืื
Tki'ut - Stuckness - ืชืงืืขืึผืช
Shit, anahnu tku'ot - Oh no, we're stuck (f. pl.) - ืฉืื, ืื ืื ื ืชืงืืขืืช
Nitka - Got stuck - ื ืชืงืข
Hen nitke'u ba-ma'alit - They got stuck in the elevator - ืื ื ืชืงืขื ืืืขืืืช
Hu nitka im ha-oto - He got stuck with the car - ืืื ื ืชืงืข ืขื ืืืืื
Ha-mahshev nitka - The computer got stuck - ืืืืฉื ื ืชืงืข
Lehitaka - To get stuck - ืืืืชืงืข
Nitka li shir ba-rosh - A song got stuck in my head - ื ืชืงืข ืื ืฉืืจ ืืจืืฉ
Taku'a li shir ba-rosh - A a song is stuck in my head - ืชืงืืข ืื ืฉืืจ ืืจืืฉ
Oy lo, achshav ha-shir ha-ze yitaka li ba-rosh kol ha-yom - Oh no, now this song will get stuck in my head the whole day - ืืื ืื, ืขืืฉืื ืืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืชืงืข ืื ืืจืืฉ ืื ืืืื
Ma nitkata al ze? Ma nitkat al ze? Ma nitkatem al ze? - Why are you so hung up on this? - ืื ื ืชืงืขืชึธ ืขื ืื? ืื ื ืชืงืขืช ืขื ืื? ืื ื ืชืงืขืชื ืขื ืื?
Teka - Electric plug - ืชืงืข
Sheka - Socket - ืฉืงืข
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Playlist and Clips:
Austin Powers - Ha-meragel she-taka oti
Tki'ut - how not to feel stuck
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise. |
| 0:11.0 | Hebrew. |
| 0:12.0 | Shalom. It's me guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:15.0 | Today I'd like to talk about Littkoa to stick into root tough-cuff-a. |
| 0:22.0 | This episode is not appropriate for children, so send them out of the room or just listen at an appropriate time. |
| 0:28.0 | By kids, shalom. The first usage of Taka would be Takka makir. |
| 0:34.4 | He stuck a nail in the wall. |
| 0:36.5 | Taka masmer Bakir. |
| 0:38.8 | Takka lo beres, literally to stick a tap or a faucet, means to evade responsibility or duty. |
| 0:47.4 | For example, when someone doesn't come to a scheduled meeting and leaves you waiting, |
| 0:52.1 | who takah le beres? |
| 0:54.0 | He takah le beres. |
| 0:57.0 | He takah le beres. He, takah l'beres, he, taku, lanu beres, etc. |
| 1:00.0 | We also use it with the fuck, the liberas check out episode number 172 to hear more about |
| 1:07.3 | the fuck as you can guess this episode is also not child friendly |
| 1:18.7 | Taka is also to hold up to delay to jam who stam to kai is not do his job we say to when someone does not do his job, does not delivers what he had promised, |
| 1:25.0 | Hamidina to-kate it call asippu, |
| 1:27.6 | a-dina to-kahat-kol-hasipu, the state jams the entire thing. |
| 1:34.3 | Sometimes we say, |
| 1:35.5 | Ma utakau-tan-upo. |
| 1:37.6 | Ma-hutaka-ot-an-upo. |
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