#222 Busy Beyond Belief
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
4.9 โข 988 Ratings
๐๏ธ 24 July 2018
โฑ๏ธ 10 minutes
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Summary
You're busy. I'm busy. We're all extremely busy these days. The Hebrew word for busy is ืขืกืืง. What would you say to your friend if you might not be able to make it to their party? Guy sets aside time from his busy schedule to explain.
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Ein li zman linshom - I donโt have time to breathe - ืืื ืื ืืื ืื ืฉืื
Asuk, asuka, asukim, asukot - Busy - ืขืกืืง, ืขืกืืงื, ืขืกืืงืื, ืขืกืืงืืช
Ani ma-ze/mamash asuk - I am really busy - ืื ื ืื-ืื/ืืืฉ ืขืกืืง
Ani asuka be-teruf - I am insanely busy - ืื ื ืขืกืืงื ืืืืจืืฃ
Ata suk be-atsmecha - Youโre busy with yourself - ืืชื ืขืกืืง ืืขืฆืื
Hu ma-ze asuk be-atsmo, Hi ma-ze asuka be-atsma - He/she is so busy with herself - ืืื ืื-ืื ืขืกืืง ืืขืฆืื/ ืืื ืื-ืื ืขืกืืงื ืืขืฆืื
Ani asuk be-proyekt - I am busy with a project - ืื ื ืขืกืืง ืืคืจืืืืงื
Ani asuka im ha-proyekt ha-hadash - I am busy with the new project - ืื ื ืขืกืืงื ืขื ืืคืจืืืืงื ืืืืฉ
Be-lahats - Stressed - ืืืืฅ
Ani ma-ze be-lahats ha-shavuโa - I am really stressed this week - ืื ื ืื-ืื ืืืืฅ ืืฉืืืข
Az shavuโa ha-ba adif - So next week is preferable - ืื ืฉืืืข ืืื ืขืืืฃ
Lama lanu lirdof ahrei ha-zanav shel atsmenu? - Why should we chase our own tail? - ืืื ืื ื ืืจืืืฃ ืืืจื ืืื ื ืฉื ืขืฆืื ื?
Ani rats ahrei ha-zanav shel atsmi - I am running after my own tail - ืื ื ืจืฅ ืืืจื ืืื ื ืฉื ืขืฆืื
Im ani agiโa le-ze - If I get to it - ืื ืื ื ืืืืข ืืื
Bo/Boi nireโ be-hemshech ha-shavuโa - Letโs see later this week - ืืื/ื ื ืจืื ืืืืฉื ืืฉืืืข
Ha-shavuโa (kvar) lo yetse - It wonโt happen this week - ืืฉืืืข ืืืจ ืื ืืืฆื
Sori, ani be-teruf ha-shavuโa - Sorry, I am really busy this week - ืกืืจื, ืื ื ืืืืจืืฃ ืืฉืืืข
Asuk? Tagid ksh-yesh lecha daka - Busy? Tell me when youโve got a sec. - ืขืกืืง? ืชืืื ืืฉืืฉ ืื ืืงื
Asuka? Tagidi kshe-yesh lach daka - Busy (f.)? Tell (f.) me when youโve got a sec. - ืขืกืืงื? ืชืืืื ืืฉืืฉ ืื ืืงื
Tagid kshe-yeshcha daka (coll.) - Tell me when youโve got a sec. - ืชืืื ืืฉืืฉโื ืืงื
Panuy - Available, free - ืคื ืื
Playlist and Clips:
Idan Amedi - Zman Linshom (lyrics)
Matan Agami - Asuk Be-atsmecha
Teapacks - Shir be-lahats (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is T.L.B. 1. |
| 0:10.0 | St. W. |
| 0:11.0 | Streatwise. |
| 0:12.0 | Shilum. It's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | Before we start, I have an exciting personal announcement to make. |
| 0:20.0 | In mid-August, I'm moving to Shanghai, China. |
| 0:23.0 | My husband is going to work at the French consulate in the city for a couple of years, |
| 0:27.0 | and I'll be joining him. |
| 0:29.0 | Don't worry, the podcast will continue as usual, |
| 0:32.0 | except that now I'll be recording from Shanghai |
| 0:35.0 | through the magic of radio broadcasting technology. |
| 0:38.0 | Nothing else changes. The TL1 team will continue to produce a show. I'll continue writing and hosting it and so on your end nothing changes. |
| 0:47.2 | My Florentine urban culture tour will not continue of course. I can hear you asking, Guy, what will you do there? Well, I want to |
| 0:56.2 | continue working on my manual for Hebrew slang, improve my Mandarin, keep up the |
| 1:01.4 | podcast of course, and more generally reinvent myself, but I will keep |
| 1:06.3 | on teaching Hebrew online, like I do with our amazing patrons who support us on patron for $100 a month and for that they receive a monthly Skype |
| 1:16.5 | lesson with me. One of them is Angela, Chaubella, an Italian living in Paris, we meet once |
| 1:22.3 | a month for an online lesson, and last time she said |
| 1:25.7 | she was so busy and I taught her to say, Enlizman Linchom, I don't have time to breathe, this is one of the ways to say I am busy. |
| 1:35.0 | Smalin Shom, where I'm in. My lesson with Angela inspired me to do a whole episode on what to say when someone wants to meet with us for coffee, beer or dinner, |
| 1:50.0 | and we have to apologize and decline because we have too much on our plate right now. |
| 1:55.0 | Asuk, a Samek vav Kuf, means busy. |
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