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Streetwise Hebrew

#23 The Imperative (Rerun)

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 7 May 2024

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Summary

Imperative in Hebrew: Often the โ€˜realโ€™ imperative of our language sounds archaic to us, so we use the future instead. Hereโ€™s a quick how-to on the Hebrew imperative.

Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon

New Words and Expressions:

Saper/sapri/sapru โ€“ Tell (imp.)! โ€“ ืกืคืจ, ืกืคืจื™, ืกืคืจื•

Tesaper โ€“ You will tell โ€“ ืชืกืคืจ

โ€œElohim, ten li rak tipat mazalโ€ โ€“ God, just give me a bit of luck โ€“ ืืœื•ื”ื™ื ืชืŸ ืœื™ ืจืง ื˜ื™ืคืช ืžื–ืœ

โ€œAz titen li shivโ€™a shkalimโ€ โ€“ So just give me 7 shekel then โ€“ ืื– ืชื™ืชืŸ ืœื™ ืจืง ืฉื‘ืขื” ืฉืงืœื™ื

Ten/tni/tnu! โ€“ Give! โ€“ ืชืŸ/ืชื ื™/ืชื ื•

โ€œTni lo perach, tni lo yayin, aval et libech shimriโ€ โ€“ Give him a flower, give him wine, but guard your heart โ€“ ืชื ื™ ืœื• ืคืจื—, ืชื ื™ ืœื• ื™ื™ืŸ, ืื‘ืœ ืืช ืœื™ื‘ืš ืฉืžืจื™

Titen, titni, titnu โ€“ You will give โ€“ ืชื™ืชืŸ, ืชืชื ื™, ืชืชื ื•

Emor shalom โ€“ Say โ€˜shalomโ€™ โ€“ ืืžื•ืจ ืฉืœื•ื

Bo โ€“ Come โ€“ ื‘ื•ื

Lech/lechi/lechu โ€“ Go โ€“ ืœืš/ืœื›ื™/ืœื›ื•

Sa leโ€™at โ€“ Drive slowly โ€“ ืกืข ืœืื˜

Lech/lechi/lechu mi-po! โ€“ Go away! โ€“ ืœืš/ืœื›ื™/ืœื›ื• ืžืคื”

Shev/Shvi/Shvu โ€“ Sit! โ€“ ืฉื‘, ืฉื‘ื™, ืฉื‘ื•

โ€œAl tagidi ken veโ€™al tagidi loโ€ โ€“ Donโ€™t say yes, and donโ€™t say no โ€“ ืืœ ืชื’ื™ื“ื™ ื›ืŸ ื•ืืœ ืชื’ื™ื“ื™ ืœื

Al titen โ€“ Donโ€™t give โ€“ ืืœ ืชื™ืชืŸ

Al tavo โ€“ Donโ€™t come โ€“ ืืœ ืชื‘ื•ื

Tagid li โ€“ Tell me โ€“ ืชื’ื™ื“ ืœื™

Takshiv โ€“ Listen โ€“ ืชืงืฉื™ื‘

Ulai tesaper eich haya โ€“ Maybe youโ€™ll tell us how it was? โ€“ ืื•ืœื™ ืชืกืคืจ ืื™ืš ื”ื™ื”

Playlist and Clips:

Arik Einstein โ€“ Kama Tov She-bata Ha-baita (lyrics)

Zehava Ben โ€“ Tipat Mazal (lyrics)

Gali Atari โ€“ Tni Lo Perach (lyrics)

Shokolad, Menta, Mastik โ€“ Emor Shalom (lyrics)

Arik Einstein โ€“ Sa Leโ€™at (lyrics)

Svika Pick โ€“ Ein medina la-ahava (lyrics)

Ep. no. 175 about negation of the imperative Hebrew version

Ep. no. 184 about Bo Hebrew version

Transcript

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0:00.0

Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.

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This week we are replaying an episode from our archive.

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Patrons will find the brand new All Hebrew sister episode

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written and recorded this week on Patreon.com

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streetwise Hebrew or in your podcast app through the private

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podcast feed. As you may already know, we started creating the All Hebrew episodes, starting with episode

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number 181.

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So once in a while, we go back into the archives and create the Hebrew versions for previous episode like this week.

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Enjoy.

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This is T.L.

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1. Streetwise Hebrew.

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Hebrew. Shalo, it's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew. Come I go chock up a barda, come out of the cham I'm a go birondot

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o'rashu.

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Saperanishma, saper. It's so good that you came home.

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It's a mehaya.

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The alma no shawlata Gugya.

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It's so good that you came home, Kamatov Shebata Habaita.

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Kamatov-Habaita-Habaita.

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Kamatov Leo Otto Tchashuv, so good to see you again.

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Saper Manishma, tell us how you're doing.

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Saperhaya tell us how it was.

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Vellama Loshalachta gluia and why didn't you send a postcard.

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