#226 Gas Station Conversation
Streetwise Hebrew
TLV1 Studios
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๐๏ธ 4 September 2018
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
Full service or self service? Diesel or regular? When pulling up to the pump, what Hebrew words and phrases do you need in order to successfully navigate an Israeli gas station? On this episode, Guy tops off the linguistic tank.
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New Words and Expressions:
Tahanat delek - Gas station - ืชืื ืช ืืืง
Otsrim letadlek - Stopping to refuel - ืขืืฆืจืื ืืชืืืง
Letadlek - To refuel the car - ืืชืืืง
Hayav/hayevet rega laโatsor letadlek - I must stop for a sec to refuel - ืืืื/ืืืืืช ืจืืข ืืขืฆืืจ ืืชืืืง
Lemale delek - To fill up gas - ืืืื ืืืง
Ha-oto metudlak - The car is refueled - ืืืืื ืืชืืืืง
Sherut male - Full service - ืฉืืจืืช ืืื
Sherut atsmi - Self service - ืฉืืจืืช ืขืฆืื
Kartis ashrai - Credit card - ืืจืืืก ืืฉืจืื
Sherut male be-mehir namuch mi-sherut atsmi - Full service at a lower price than that of self service - ืฉืืจืืช ืืื ืืืืืจ ื ืืื ืืฉืืจืืช ืขืฆืื
Sug ha-delek - The kind of fuel - ืกืื ืืืืง
Diesel o ragil? - Diesel or regular? - ืืืื ืื ืจืืื
Male - Full - ืืื
Meichal male - Full tank - ืืืื ืืื
Hatsi meichal - Half tank - ืืฆื ืืืื
Metadlek - Gas station attendant - ืืชืืืง
Male vaksha - Full please - ืืื (ื)ืืงืฉื
Hatsi meichal vaksha - Half tank please - ืืฆื ืืืื (ื)ืืงืฉื
Tidluk - Refueling - ืชืืืืง
Shihzer - Reenacted - ืฉืืืจ
Hazar - Returned - ืืืจ
Ten/tni li be-matayim - Please give me 200 worth of X - ืชื/ืชื ื ืื ื-200
Hagbel schum - Limit sum - ืืืื ืกืืื
Nesiโa tova - Have a safe journey - ื ืกืืขื ืืืื
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| 0:00.0 | This is TELB1. |
| 0:10.0 | street-wise. Straight-wise. |
| 0:12.0 | Shil' It's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew. |
| 0:16.0 | I just got a message from Anthony Meyer saying, |
| 0:19.0 | Dear Guy, I'm an avid listener of your show, |
| 0:22.0 | I'm a professor of religious studies at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, |
| 0:26.8 | with expertise in early Judaism. My biggest problem whenever I come to Israel is fueling my car at the gas station. |
| 0:35.0 | Could you provide a breakdown of important words and phrases to get me in and out without asking for help in English? |
| 0:41.0 | Todarba. Cool message. |
| 0:44.0 | I love it that even professors of early Judaism need to fuel their car from time to time, so today |
| 0:49.8 | we're going to help Professor Meyer do just that. This episode is relevant even to those of you |
| 0:55.2 | who do not have a card. There are some useful words and expressions here. On episode number |
| 1:01.2 | 2007 I spoke about the Shorish Dalit Lamad Kuf to turn on, Le Hadlich, |
| 1:07.6 | which also gives us the word Delac, fuel or gas, and the Hanat Delek gas station. |
| 1:15.0 | So please go back and listen to this episode again. |
| 1:18.0 | It will be helpful. |
| 1:19.0 | Delek. |
| 1:20.0 | Otsulitat Lake, we name in the Mementa of gas station called Delek. |
| 1:29.0 | They have around 270 stations all over Israel. |
| 1:32.0 | In the commercial commercial they say, |
| 1:34.4 | Ozrim Lettadlek, you stop to fuel and get special goodies, |
| 1:40.0 | Lettadlek to refuel the car. |
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