#223 The Many Uses of Eich (ืืื)
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 31 July 2018
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
Eich (ืืื), Hebrew for โhowโ, is a tiny word used very often in spoken Hebrew and in many different contexts. On this episode, Guy explains these uses through several examples from everyday life in Israel.
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New Words and Expressions:
Eich - How - ืืื
Eich shir nolad - How is a song born? - ืืื ืฉืืจ ื ืืื
Eich haya? - How was it? - ืืื ืืื?
Eich sham? - How is it there? - ืืื ืฉื?
Eich? - How are you? (sl.) - ืืื?
Tagid eich ata / Tagidi, eich at - How are YOU doing? - ืชืืื, ืืื ืืชื / ืชืืืื, ืืื ืืช
Eich omrim la she-hakol nigmar - How does one tell her that itโs all over - ืืื ืืืืจืื ืื ืฉืืื ื ืืืจ
Eich omrim be-ivrit to go? Lalechet - How do you say in Hebrew โto goโ? lalechet - ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืขืืจืืช โืื ืืโ? ืืืืช
Eich omrimโฆ (+ expression) - As one says - ืืื ืืืืจืื + ืืืืื
Eich korโim la-hi/la-hu - What was the name of that girl/guy? - ืืื ืงืืจืืื ืืืื/ืืืื?
Eich she-pagashti ota, yadati - The moment I met her, I knew - ืืื ืฉืคืืฉืชื ืืืชื, ืืืขืชื
Eich she-nichnasti, raiti oto - The moment I got in, I saw him - ืืื ืฉื ืื ืกืชื, ืจืืืชื ืืืชื
Eich she-at yafa - How pretty you are - ืืื ืฉืืช ืืคื
Kama (she) at yafa - How pretty you are - ืืื (ืฉ)ืืช ืืคื
Eich taโim - Itโs so tasty - ืืื ืืขืื
Eich ze she-kochav echad levad meโez - How come one lonely star dares? - ืืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืขื
Eich ze sheโฆ - How comeโฆ? - ืืื ืื ืฉโฆ?
Eich ze she-ein lecha havera? Bachur kamocha, kaze nechmad - How come you donโt have a girlfriend? A guy like you, so nice - ืืื ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืจื? ืืืืจ ืืืื, ื ืืื
Eich ze she-bachura kamoch, chachama, yafa, levad? - How come a girl like you, clever, pretty, is alone? - ืืื ืื ืฉืืืืจื ืืืื, ืืืื, ืืคื, ืืื?
Eich she-ata rotse/she-at rotsa - As you wish - ืืื ืฉืืชื ืจืืฆื/ืฉืืช ืจืืฆื
Eich she-ba lecha - Whatever you feel like - ืืื ืฉืื ืื
Eich ose kelev - How does a dog go? - ืืื ืขืืฉื ืืื?
Playlist and Clips:
Ha-keves ha-shisha-asar - Eich Shir Nolad (lyrics)
Matti Caspi & Shlomi Shabbat - Eich Omrim La (lyrics)
Moshe Peretz - Eich She-at Yafa (lyrics)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:10.0 | Street-wise, Hebrew. Shalup, it's me guy with street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. Echirnolad, how is a song born? Today I'd like to talk about a tiny word |
| 0:39.0 | Ehch, Aleph Yud Kaff, how? |
| 0:43.4 | You might think that there's not much to write home about. |
| 0:46.0 | Ehch is how and yeah about. |
| 0:48.7 | But the more I thought about the word, the more I realize how many different colloquial structures there are. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm sure you're a Hebrew teacher didn't review them all with you. |
| 0:58.0 | Echaya, how was it, is a question we ask someone who came back from a trip movie exhibition and we want to know how it went. |
| 1:06.0 | On episode number 145 I spoke about possible answers for Echaya, check it out. |
| 1:12.0 | If the person is still abroad, let's say, we can ask her in a text message, |
| 1:17.0 | Echsham, how is it there? |
| 1:20.0 | What's Ech, A standalone ech? |
| 1:24.0 | Ech, it's a colloquial way to say, how are you? |
| 1:28.0 | Ech, a colobeseder? How are you? Is everything all right? |
| 1:32.0 | Tagid echata, or Tagidi echat, |
| 1:36.0 | is something you tell a friend who is going through a tough time. |
| 1:39.0 | They might be taking care of someone else, |
| 1:41.0 | like a sick family member, |
| 1:42.0 | and you want to ask how are you in all of this. |
| 1:46.1 | So that's Tagidi echat. |
| 1:49.1 | Tagid echat. Taguid echata. I'm not going to call nigma. |
| 1:55.0 | Echumr Echum |
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